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Reports
 How the Other Half Fared:
The Impact of the Great Recession and the Budget Crisis on California's Women and Their Families
Three policy briefs released by the California Budget Project show how women and their families have been significantly impacted by the recession and California budget cuts. Click below to read the briefs, which were initiated and developed with the support of a Women's Foundation of California grant.
Report 1: How the Other Half Fared: The Impact of the Great Recession on Women
Report 2: The Governor’s Proposed Cuts to Key Safety-Net Programs Would Disproportionately Affect Low-Income Women and Their Families
Report 3: The Governor’s Proposed Cuts to Medi-Cal Would Significantly Affect California’s Low-Income Women and Their Families
Climate of Opportunity
Women’s reproductive health and rights are inextricably linked to environmental health and justice issues. Women’s bodies and reproductive health are often the markers of environmental contamination through diminished fertility, fetal developmental disabilities and increased rates of cancers. Beginning in 2008, the Foundation brought together grant partners working in these two movements to form the Environmental Justice/Reproductive Justice (EJ/RJ) Collaborative. The Foundation has seen firsthand how joint advocacy generates more inclusive movements and stronger outcomes for communities. This report summarizes the EJ/RJ Collaborative as a reference for funders, policymakers, organizations and others interested in joint advocacy work.
An Executive Summary highlighting the findings of both Climate of Opportunity and Movement Strategy Center's 2009 report Fertile Ground is also available. Fertile Ground examines the work of 24 organizations working for reproductive and environmental justice and how an intersectional approach to movement building can lead to more powerful outcomes at all levels.
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 AGEnda for Action:
Building a Movement for Elder Women's Advocacy
California's aging population is rapidly increasing in number and diversity, and is expected to double in size by 2030. The ongoing recession and state budget crisis continue to cripple California’s economy and the state’s ability to fund essential safety net programs relied upon by elders. Elder women are further vulnerable in terms of health and economic security due to their roles as caregivers and wage earners. The Elder Women’s Initiative was launched in 2008 to build a movement led by elder women and their allies to address these issues and generate solutions. This report presents the Initiative’s findings and provides recommendations for how funders, policymakers, and advocates can ensure all Californians age with well-being, dignity and economic security. As part of this vision, the Women’s Foundation of California is proud to present the Executive Summary of this report as a free download in six languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, and Spanish.
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Investing to Change California's Criminal Justice System:
A Call to Action for Foundations
The California prison system is the largest in the United States and has a disproportionate minority confinement and human rights violations, yet criminal justice efforts have historically been underfunded by the philanthropic sector. This report outlines concrete recommendations for short-term and long-term investment in grassroots mobilization, as well as policy agendas for the state and national levels. The research puts forth a race and gender conscious 30-year impact plan to decrease the size of the California prison population through prison reform and developing alternatives to incarceration.
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Ports of Opportunity:
Gender and Movement Building at the Intersection of Environmental and Transportation Justice
From 2006-2007, key leaders in the Environmental Justice and Transportation Justice (EJ-TJ) movements came together to build a stronger collaborative movement for environmental public health across the state. This report explains the collaborative's key findings and puts forth recommendations not only for building a successful EJ-TJ movement, but also for building a larger social justice movement in California and for increasing the number of organizations taking cross-issue, cross-sector work.
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 On the Road to Equity:
A Statewide Agenda for Women and Girls
This new report lays out a policy agenda for women and girls in California. On the Road to Equity: A Statewide Agenda for California's Women and Girls reflects the wisdom, leadership and hopes of thousands of women who seized the opportunity presented by the "Road to Equity Tour" to join in an honest dialogue about the means to real progress for all. With a format that addresses Tour participants’ priority issue areas, On the Road to Equity presents their insights combined with proven strategies and new approaches for social change. The full report including the five key policy recommendations and the Executive Summary are available as free downloads. (2006)
 In the Shadow of Pollution:
Southern California Women on the Frontlines
This regional supplement looks at grassroots efforts to address the health impacts of lead in paint poisoning, air pollution and water contamination in the Southern California region. (2005)
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Gasping For Air:
Why We Must Cultivate a Healthier Central Valley
This regional supplement examines the Central Valley’s three major environmental health concerns — air pollution, water contamination and pesticide usage — and highlights successful community efforts to stem these problems and create a healthier region. (2005)
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Women in Transit:
Analyzing Gender for Transportation Justice
A 2004 report on transportation justice by the Women’s Foundation of California. This report uses a gender analysis to examine the implications and challenges of creating greater social equity for all communities in regard to transportation.
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Confronting Toxic Contamination in Our Communities
A new report on women’s health and the environment by the Women’s Foundation of California. Learn more about how toxins in the environment have a disproportionate affect on women and their children.
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Using Our Power: Communities Confronting Toxins in the Bay Area
A supplement to Confronting Toxic Contamination in Our Communities that focuses on issues in the Bay Area, and on grassroots efforts to effect change in different local neighborhoods.
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Failing to Make Ends Meet
A 2002 report on the Economic Status of Women in California.
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Nearly a Failing Grade
2001 Report Card on the Health Status of Women and Girls in California
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Listening to Our Communities
A report on the reproductive health needs of the women and girls of California and the California/Mexico border. Describes SmartChoices Initiative, findings from six community meetings held throughout the state, provides programmatic and policy recommendations
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Taking the Initiative:
What Women and Girls Want for California's Future
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Is California Making the Grade with Women and Girls?
1999 Report Card on the Health Status of Women and Girls in California
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Tool Kit
Girls Grantmaking Tool Kit
We are delighted to release the Girls’ Grantmaking Tool Kit, a production of the Girls’ Grantmaking Network. The Tool Kit is for anyone who is planning a girls’ grantmaking program and contains materials from five different organizations’ successful programs. This comprehensive package will streamline your process of gathering information and comparing methodology.
The Took Kit contains The Women’s Foundation’s book on young women and philanthropy, The World Belongs to Us, as well as materials from the Michigan Women’s Foundation, the Boston Women’s Fund, Girls Best Friend Foundation, and Women’s Foundation of Greater Kansas City. National distribution of the Tool Kit is being negotiated.
For information on ordering the Tool Kit, please contact Amy Zucchero at azucchero@wfnet.org.
To order The World Belongs to Us by itself for $25, contact Amanda Cassell at amandac@womensfoundca.org.
It's a Money Thing
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A Girl's Guide to Managing Money
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Authored by the Women's Foundation of California with foreword by Kathleen Brown, former treasurer of the State of California. One important thing a teenage girl can do for herself is learn about money - how to make it, save it, invest it and spend it wisely. Through engaging and practical exercises, this guide teaches girls valuable lessons to help them lead financially secure and independent lives. It's a Money Thing is a perfect gift for the young women in your life and when you purchase the book you're also supporting the work of the Women's Foundation of California.
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