Zonta USA Advocacy News + Library

Advocacy ERA

Women’s Equality Day ERA Actions

Plan for Women’s Equality Day Aug 26th –  ACT for the ERA Aug 26th Read the Women’s Declaration of Independence on your State [...]

End-Child Marriage

ABA adopts resolution to end Child Marriage in the USA

At its August 2026 Annual Conference, the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates adopted Resolution 605, which urges all federal, state, [...]

UN - CSW

UNFPA and UN Women Assessing potential Merger- Analysis Report

From the report introduction: the Secretary-General commissioned an assessment of “the benefits of a merger between the United Nations Population Fund and [...]

End-Child Marriage

CHILD MARRIAGE PREVENTION ACT Introduced to Congress

MOORE, DURBIN, SCHATZ, GILLIBRAND INTRODUCE CHILD MARRIAGE PREVENTION ACT Share on Facebook Share on X Print this Page Share by Email Washington, [...]

Advocacy ERA

Aug. 26th; Women’s Equality Day- Read the Declaration on your Capitol or CourtHouse steps

Women’s Equality Day Aug 26th  ACT for the ERA Read the Women’s Declaration of Independence on your State Capitol Steps with Until [...]

Operations

Social Media 101 and 201 slides from 2026 Convention Workshops

Thank you for attending the Zonta International Convention Workshops on Social Media. Attached are the slides from the Talk.  We adapted the [...]

End-Child Marriage

California has another chance to ban child marriage –

The Fresno Collegian summarizes the progress in the CA Assembly quite well.   Reporter  Manpreet Kaur, Community News Editor • Jun 29, [...]

Advocacy End-Child Marriage

California Bill to End Child marriage passes out of Senate Committee

AB1267 Would End Child Marriage in California Introduced by Assembly member Gail Pellerin and co-sponsored by the California Commission on the Status [...]

Advocacy Bulletins

ZontaUSA Advocacy Bulletin, July 2026

In this edition:  – Women’s Health – Maternal Health  – Driving the Vote for Equality – The Equal Rights Amendment Tour continues  [...]

Advocacy ERA

The ERA Coalition fights for Equal Rights with over 350 Organizational members

Learn how you can get involved with the ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality, to support the Equal Rights Amendment. USE [...]

Reproductive Womens Health

Women’s Health–Focus on Wiping out Cervical Cancer

Advocacy Bulletins

Zonta USA Advocacy Bulletin, June 2026

Attached please find the June Bulletin for the Zonta USA Caucus! In this edition:  – Women’s Health and Cervical Cancer  – Driving [...]

Advocacy ERA Reproductive

Women’s Rights Cannot Wait: Join the Fight for Equality on Dobbs Day- June 24th

End-Child Marriage

Oklahoma Bans Child Marriage

OKLAHOMA – A bill banning child marriage in Oklahoma became law on May 13 without Governor Kevin Stitt’s signature. Senate Bill 504, [...]

Advocacy End-Child Marriage

Oklahoma Ends Child Marriage, becoming the 17th state.

Oklahoma ended child marriage today and not a minute too soon. Child marriage endangers children’s lives and futures. “Oklahoma has horrible rates [...]

Advocacy End-Child Marriage

Survivor – Kate Yang: Former child bride fights to end child marriage in California

Here’s a shout out to Kate Yang  who was interviewed by The Fresno State Collegian, and published this week about her advocacy [...]

Advocacy Bulletins

Zonta USA Advocacy Bulletin, May 2026

May Zonta USA Caucus Bulletin!  Please share with your clubs, colleagues, friends, family, and more! In this edition: – Women’s Health and [...]

Advocacy ERA

Elect Equality- Where does your Rep. Stand on Equality?

Elect Equality  – help us get your reps position: As a Zonta Member, we ask that you a. check to see where [...]

ERA Reproductive

Landmark Ruling by the PA Supreme Court on the ERA and Reproductive Rights

This is noteworthy, especially because the Pennsylvania ERA has the exact same wording as the Federal ERA, now pending recognition by congress.  [...]

Leadership + Government Women at work

Study Finds Men More Willing To Promote Women Leaders Who Support The Status Quo

“The study’s finding that men are more likely to choose women leaders who will not “rock the boat” when it comes to [...]

Advocacy Bulletins

Zonta USA Advocacy Bulletin, April 2026

April 2026 USA Caucus Bulletin: Find in this issue: Gender Based Violence and AI. The final Zonta Advocacy Series webinar, Cybersecurity for [...]

Advocacy Equal Pay USA ERA

Women’s Equal Pay Day 2026

The USA Caucus of Zonta International, representing over 8000 members in the United States of America, has issued the following statement in [...]

Advocacy ERA

2026 Fact Sheet- Why the ERA is Law – Legal Perspective

Roberta W. Francis, ERA Education Consultant, Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice  The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), first proposed in 1923, is [...]

Online Abuse Violence Against Women

NOW Survey: Online Abuse of Women Escalating

More than One in Four American Women Have Experienced Online Abuse WASHINGTON —  A new survey of 10,000 American women released today [...]

Advocacy Bulletins

Zonta USA Advocacy Bulletin, March 2026

– Drive for the ERA and find out if the ERA Tour is coming near you. Get signatures for the ERA, our goal [...]

Advocacy Project sheet USA Domestic Violence Violence Against Women

Clothesline Project – DV Awareness

attached is a project sheet for something called The Clothesline Project.  Its intention is to raise awareness about Domestic Violence.  Some of [...]

Advocacy Bulletins

Feb, 2026 Zonta USA Advocacy Bulletin

 Zonta USA Advocacy Bulletin  In This Edition: – Join a Zonta Conversation Circle and get ready for the Commission on the Status of [...]

End-Child Marriage

Research Update: Persistance of Child Marriage in the USA

Persistence of Child Marriage in the USA Unchained At Last’s most recent research update, published in late 2025 in partnership with Equality [...]

Advocacy Bulletins

Zonta USA Nov-Dec 2025 Bulletin

The Zonta USA Caucus November-December 2025 Bulletin is here! Please share with your Club Presidents, Area Directors, Board members, Zontians, friends, social [...]

Online Abuse Violence Against Women Zonta Says No!

Online safety 101: UN Women Campaign on Digital violence 2025

What is digital abuse? Digital abuse (also called technology-facilitated violence against women and girls) covers a wide spectrum of violent behaviours. It can look like:  Online [...]

Advocacy Human Trafficking Trafficking

Stop Sex Trafficking of Minors

Hold Perpetrators Accountable Zonta Clubs across the USA, and around the world volunteer and advocate for survivors of trafficking and violence. We [...]

Advocacy Rulemaking

Next Advocacy Goal: Agency Rulemaking

Agency Rulemaking In addition to reaching out to elected officials, Zontians can engage with Federal agencies providing comments on proposed rules and [...]

Operations Training

Zonta USA Zoom Background for Member Use

Proudly proclaim your Zonta Membership and USA Caucus affiliation Right click, download.  and upload to your Zoom Background.      

Advocacy USA Domestic Violence Violence Against Women Womens Health

Fight for Women, We are losing rights in the USA

A Call to Fight for Women. Women's Rights in the USA

Advocacy Bulletins

Zonta USA Sept. 2025 Bulletin

The Zonta USA Caucus Advocacy Bulletin for September 2025 is here!  Please share with your Club Presidents, Area Directors, Board members, friends, on [...]