While 2021 brought hope in the form of vaccinations and the ushering in of a new administration, a multitude of the past year’s problems will carry over into 2022. Still, there’s a sense of hope and possibility in the air as the new year approaches.
As 2021 comes to a close, Ms. asked some of our favorite feminists—from abortion activists and providers to climate crisis specialists and environmentalists—what they see as top priorities and what changes they’re hoping for in 2022.
In 2022, the Ms team knows that our rights are gravely endangered. This year more than ever, we need the Equal Rights Amendment enshrined in the Constitution. We need abortion rights codified into law. We need our elected officials to proactively restore and preserve our voting rights, before they’re whittled away to nothing. And more than ever, we need women to vote in the upcoming midterm elections like never before.
But we’re not just wishing—we’re fighting, in the streets and at the polls, for the preservation of these fundamental rights.
Racial Equity
“In 2022 I wish for a country where AAPI women and all women of color have what they need to not only survive, but thrive. I wish for AAPI women and other women of color to live lives free of violence. I wish for public policy that provides the safety net and care support that working mothers need. I wish for AAPI women and other women of color to have the right, and access, to decide if, when, and how they parent, without fear of racism and racialized misogyny.”