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Equal Pay Day for Native Women
The USA Caucus of Zonta International, representing over 8000 members in the US, has issued the following statement in conjunction with Native Women’sEqual Pay Day, November 30,2023. Zonta is a non-partisan organization with the mission to make the world a better place for women [...]
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Advocacy End-Child Marriage
End Child Marriage in WA Chain-in Press Event in Olympia
Please RSVP by Dec 15th Child marriage is an urgent problem in Washington. Dangerous legal loopholes allow parents to enter a child [...]
Nov
Reproductive Womens Health
Roe v. Wade Overturned: Guttmacher Inst. Shares
Abortion Rights and Access in the Post-Roe Era The US abortion access landscape continues to shift rapidly in the wake of the [...]
Oct
Violence Against Women Womens Health
Rape Kit Backlogs in the US States
Washington State has cleared its Rape Kit backlog. It took a fearless survivor who persisted, and a team of State officials to [...]
Oct
End-Child Marriage
U.S. Government joins the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Program to End Child Marriage
Zonta has supported ending child marriage since 2014, contributing US$2 million to delay early marriage in Niger from 2014-2018. From 2018-2022, Zonta [...]
Oct
End-Child Marriage
Child marriage is still legal in California. How could this be? | Opinion
Opinion- Fraidy Reiss Sept 23, 2023 …”Instead, as The Sacramento Bee reported recently, California law continues to allow children of any age [...]
Oct
Advocacy Bulletins
October , 2023 Zonta USA Caucus Advocacy Bulletin
Read the October 2023 Zonta USA Advocacy bulletin
Oct
Advocacy UN - CSW
The 11 biggest hurdles for women’s equality by 2030 – UN Women
There are only seven years left for the world to fulfil the promises made to girls and women in the 2030 Agenda [...]
Oct
Advocacy ERA
ERA counter- arguments for nay-sayers
Here is one of the ERA Project’s scholarly memos that the Heritage Foundation was responding to in that article, if you’d like [...]
Oct
End-Child Marriage
Burbank CA Event to End Child Marriage in CA
Press Event Oct 5th. Noon – Burbank City Hall steps Speakers: Ela Pandya, Coalition Lead, Zonta Porterville, Arranged Marriage Sara Tasneem, Survivor [...]
Oct
Climate Action
Severe Winter Weather – How to Deal with the Storm
By: Julie Trone, Verna Frasca Severe Winter Weather – How to Deal with the Storm Mark Your Calendars: November 5th Think Tank [...]
Oct
Violence Against Women
California Commission on Violence Against Women
As an ally to survivors of domestic violence, we should all engage with the State commissions on Violence Against Women with your [...]
Oct
Equal Pay USA Women at work
Equal Pay Day for Latina Women
The USA Caucus of Zonta International, representing over 8000 members in the US, has issued the following statement in conjunction with Latina [...]
Oct
Advocacy
New Tool for Advocacy Training: How to talk to your Legislator
Click to download for Club, Area or District training:
Oct
UN - CSW Violence Against Women Womens Health
US Women’s Caucus at the UN Briefs
US Women’s Caucus at the UN has prepared several valuable briefs in preparation for CSW68 in 2024. The others are posted on [...]
Oct
Advocacy End-Child Marriage
Zonta Takes Stance Against Child Marriage Through Legislation- Burbank Leader
“Children married under the age of 18 often live a life full of hardships and abuse,” Pandya wrote in a statement to [...]
Oct
ERA Reproductive
Voters overwhelmingly expressed support the Equal Rights Amendment –
– 7 in 10 voters support the ERA being placed in the Constitution, with a strong majority (57%) strongly supporting the ERA, [...]
Sep
UN - CSW
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023
Press release: The world is failing girls and women, according to new UN report New figures point to the need of an [...]
Sep
Advocacy Violence Against Women Zonta Says No!
US Domestic Violence Statistics by State
NCADV has STATISTICS On Domestic violence. by all types of violence, and for all kinds of groups of people. Most useful for [...]
Sep
Advocacy CEDAW
Rep Bowan and 17 members of Congress Urge Biden to Prioritize CEDAW
NEWS: Reps. Bowman & Norton Lead 17-Member Letter Urging Biden Administration to Prioritize Ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All [...]
Sep
Advocacy Project sheet Zonta Says No!
Ideas for Zonta Says NO! 16 Days of Activism
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the [...]
Sep
Advocacy Trafficking
Learn more about trafficking myths and misconceptions.
Did you know human trafficking victims are often recruited by someone close to them, like a family member or caregiver? Did you [...]
Sep
DEI- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Women at work
Pivotal Ventures Releases report on Tech Policies that Impact Success of BLNA Women
“Through a recent survey of more than 2,000 employees in technical roles, we identified cornerstone policies that drive the most impact while [...]
Aug
Women in Government Women In Leadership
Encourage Her – Toolkit for those who Encourage Women to Run
She Should Run offers this advice to encourage women to run for leadership positions: Use your voice to start a conversation about [...]
Aug
Maternal Mortality Womens Health
Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality
Most Pregnancy-Related Deaths are Preventable By the US CDC https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/maternal-mortality/index.html Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related [...]
Aug
Advocacy Training
When does your Legislature meet?
SESSION SCHEDULES Keep track of which states are in and out of session. The map below provides convene and adjourn dates for [...]
Aug
Women in Government Women In Leadership
Women in US State Legislatures 2023
Ninety-seven women serve as speaker of the House, president of the Senate, speaker pro tem, Senate president pro tem, majority leader or [...]
Aug
Equal Pay USA Women at work
Equal Pay Day for Mothers
The USA Caucus of Zonta International, representing over 8000 members in the US, has issued the following statement in conjunction with Mother’s [...]
Aug
Advocacy ERA
Get Your State Legislature to Affirm the ERA as the 28th Amendment
State Resolutions on the ERA… Your state should be next. To date, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota have all [...]
Aug
Advocacy End-Child Marriage
Child Marriage is Legal in California
Let’s End this Human rights abuse BY MACKENZIE MAYS https://www.latimes.com/…/why-child-marriage-is-still… Shocking that it is allowed Rep. Hill, of San Mateo, called discovering that [...]
Aug
Equal Pay USA Women at work
Equal Pay Day for Black women
The USA Caucus of Zonta International, representing over 8000 members in the US, has issued the following statement in conjunction with Black [...]
Jul
Advocacy Operations
Summer 2023 Advocacy Bulletin
The USA Caucus published the Summer Advocacy Bulletin: Read it here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0sks2mxj54s0eqeap4jnj/Zonta-USA-Caucus-Advocacy-Bulletin-summer-2023.pdf?rlkey=i14e3tvi1fvxv8ok5cvmzlgyh&dl=0
Jul
Advocacy ERA NY State ERA
Join New Yorkers for Equal Rights
Zonta USA Caucus encourages all Zonta Clubs in NY State to join the the New Yorkers for Equal Rights Coalition. contact Governor [...]
Jul
Advocacy Equal Pay USA Women at work
Women still a small share of construction and manufacturing jobs | #JobsDay July 2023
Women still hold only 14 percent of jobs in the construction industry and 29 percent in manufacturing. “Yet the data show there [...]
Jul