We are proud to announce the formation of Women for Westchester (a.k.a Women 4 Westchester) And we need you!
Women for Westchester (W4W) is an alliance of our county’s residents committed to advancing legislative bills, social policy, and actions that enable women to participate more fully and equally in society.
W4W's first focus will be the Women’s Equality Agenda.
Introduced by Governor Cuomo, on January 29, 2013, the Women’s Equality Agenda will “break down barriers that perpetuate discrimination and inequality based on gender.” The Women’s Equality Agenda will help ensure that all of New York’s 10 million women, including Westchester’s 496,016, get a fair deal.
The Women’s Equality Agenda’s 10-Point proposal is:
- Equal Pay for Equal Work
- Stop Sexual Harassment in All Workplaces
- Ensure Just Restitution for Victims of Discrimination
- Strengthen Laws Against Human Trafficking
- End Discrimination Against Families
- End Discrimination Against Tenants
- Stop Housing Discrimination
- End Pregnancy Discrimination
- Protect Domestic Violence Victims Seeking Orders of Protection
- Protect Reproductive Health Care Decisions
Women are discriminated against in almost every aspect of their lives and, sadly, these inequalities only increase throughout a woman’s life. Did you know that women are twice as likely to live out old age in poverty than men?
Click Here to Read More Details about the Agenda
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Join Women for Westchester as we move forward.
W4W will ask every elected official and candidate for office throughout Westchester to sign our petition in support of the Women’s Equality Agenda 10-point proposal. The principles are clear.
As Lt. Gov. Duffy said, “Over the years, New York has fallen behind on important women’s issues, and for this reason, it is essential for the Women’s Equality Act to become law this year. With the commitment and support of passionate advocates like all of you,”… “our voices will be heard and we can make New York a fairer, more equal state for women in 2013.”
W4W is looking for volunteers from throughout the County.
Please email us at: Catherine@WomenForWestchester
so that we can get organized!
Women for Westchester is affiliated with WCLA – Choice Matters.
Equal. Stop. End. Fair. Ensure. That's pie-in-the-sky rhetoric. I'd rather see the focus of the group be IMPROVING just ONE thing, not aiming to stop or end ten. If you think there's a chance of all ten points coming to fruition, you should make number eleven, Bring About World Peace.
End Discrimination Against Tenants Stop Housing Discrimination Does this we can still discriminate against the men?
Westchester Women 4 Women + Equality with N Agenda. your organizations name as it stands today is misleading and possibly deliberately deceptive.