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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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Joint Informational Hearing - February 1st
FALLING BEHIND: THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT RECESSION AND THE BUDGET CRISIS ON CALIFORNIA'S WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 @ 1:30 PM
State Capitol, Room 4202, Sacramento
Joint Informational Hearing of the Senate Human Services Committee and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services --- with the Legislative Women’s Caucus and the California Commission on the Status of Women -
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.
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!
Please call or email the Governor urging him to fund the California Commission on the Status of Women.
The women of the state of California need the Commission now more than ever:- More than one third of households headed by women with children have income that falls below the poverty level.
- Safety net programs that serve mostly women have been slashed, with 3 billion cut from CalWORKs alone in the last 5 years.
- Women fill only 28% of the seats in California's State Legislature.
- 40% of women experience intimate parter violence in their lifetime.
- In California's 400 largest companies, women comprise only 3.3% of CEO's.
Call Governor Brown - 916-445-2841
Register your support: “I oppose the Governor's Budget Proposal to eliminate the California Commission on the Status of Women.”
Email Governor Brown and register your support.
Commission in the News -- Women of San Francisco Take on Jerry Brown - SFGate City Insider, January 25, 2012
- Retain State Commission on the Status of Women - SFGate Open Forum, January 24, 2012
- KPFA Radio Women's Magazine (Berkeley) - January 24, 2012
- Actress Geena Davis has supporting role in state budget drama - Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2012
- Governor Proposes Eliminating California Commission on the Status of Women - Press Release, January 18, 2012
- Women's commission gets the budget ax - San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate Politics Blog, January 16, 2012
- Another View: Women's panel has work left to do - by Senator Noreen Evans - Sacramento Bee, January 14, 2012
- Women Still Need a Commission - Sacramento Bee Letter to the Editor, January 12, 2012
- Who Will Speak for Women? - Calbuzz Op-Ed, January 7, 2012
Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support the Commission
Please show your support by making a donation. Or consider making a donation in the name of a special woman in your life.
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
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Thanks so much to all of you for your continued support!!
For further information please email bmcgovern@women.ca.gov. -
2011 CalVet Women Veterans Survey - Last Day to Complete Survey is January 31st!
Aimed at Improving Services to the Women Who Served Our Nation
The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) in conjunction with the California Commission on the Status of Women and the California Research Bureau (CRB) of the California State Library are currently administering a survey to address the service barriers women veterans face.
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