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Our Mission
The Commission on the Status of Women, a nonpartisan state agency, works in a culturally inclusive manner to promote equality and justice for all women and girls by advocating on their behalf with the Governor, the Legislature and other public policymakers, and by educating the public in the areas of economic equity including educational equity, access to health care including reproductive choice, violence against women and other key issue areas identified by the Commission as significantly affecting women and girls.
Public Policy Agenda
Click here to view the Commission's positions and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature on public policy issues affecting women and girls for the 2011-2012 legislation session.
What's New
The California Commission on the Status of Women wants to keep you informed about breaking news and key issues. Please click the appropriate link below to find out more.
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Women and Girls of California Need a Voice. Governor Brown, Are You Listening?
A woman in her twenties moves uncertainly towards the microphone set up in the new meeting room of the Fontana Public Library. Her voice trembling, she describes the abuse she suffered at the hand of her husband, a police officer. She tells us how she found the courage to leave him, only to discover that she was forced to return to her home. She found no safe haven. First she was victimized by her husband. Now, she was a victim of California's cruel cutbacks which resulted in the underfunding of many of the state's domestic violence shelters.
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All donations are tax deductible. The Tax ID number for the Commission is 68-0285369. Checks should be made payable to the California Commission on the Status of Women and mailed to the following address:
California Commission on the Status of Women
901 P Street, Suite 142-A
Sacramento, CA 95814 -
Governor's Budget Eliminates the California Commission on the Status of Women
On January 5th, the Governor released his 2012/2013 Budget Proposal. The Budget eliminates the CA Commission on the Status of Women. The Budget also proposes steep cuts to health and human services, including CalWORKs, child care and Medi-Cal. Cuts to these programs disproportionately harm women and their families. Women have already been hit hard by recent budget cuts. This new proposal threatens to deliver additional blows to the most disadvantaged Californians, most of whom are women and children.
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As the attack on women continues, the California Commission on the Status of Women is needed now more than ever! And your help is needed now more than ever!
Contact the Governor TODAY!
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