SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19, 2013— On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, the Women's Foundation of California, in partnership with the California Budget Project, will hold a briefing in Sacramento to release a report that shows that almost four years since the official end of the Great Recession, California's women have not shared equally in the state's emerging recovery.
News & Op Eds
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By Judy Patrick and Patty Siegel
Published in the Huffington Post, January 11, 2013
Yesterday, Gov. Brown released his budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year. The Women's Foundation of California reviewed the proposal through the lens of its impact on low-income women and their families, with a particular focus on enhancement of the economic well-being of women. We believe that our State budget is a statement of what we value and it is our job to ensure these values are preserved and enhanced.
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San Francisco, August 30, 2012 — The Women’s Foundation of California is pleased to announce the 15 organizations receiving organizational strength grants totaling $1.4 million. The awards are a partnership between Women’s Foundation of California and Blue Shield of California Foundation’s Strong Field Project, a multi-year effort to build a more effective, coordinated network of domestic violence service providers in California.
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By Judy Patrick
Published in the Huffington Post, June 11, 2012
Supersized tax loopholes and tax breaks coupled with the belief that increasing corporate taxes will jeopardize the economy are costing California more than $10 billion a year in additional revenues. There are wise revenue solutions. Our elected officials just need to be willing to identify them and then take a stand.
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By Judy Patrick
Published in the Huffington Post, May 1, 2012
Title IX legislation has been one of the most significant pieces of policy for women in the past 40 years because it has impacted millions of individual girls and women, every education system in the country and the sports industry.
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On March 29, 2012, Mount St. Mary's College publicly released a comprehensive report that looked at the status of women and girls in California. Our President and CEO Judy Patrick was a featured speaker at the event.
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In this interview on March 12, 2012, Judy discusses the shocking findings in the Falling Behind report: Poverty has grown for single mothers and for older women who must stay employed longer before can retire. Unemployment of single mothers is back to what it was in 1996. Plus, men are regaining jobs faster than women. These facts make it imperative for women to have resources and programs they can rely on to keep their families safe and healthy.
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By Jean Ross and Judy Patrick
Published in The Sacramento Bee, February 26, 2012
With California once again facing a sizable budget gap, the governor and the Legislature face choices that will determine our state's future and the future of programs that Californians depend on. Their deliberations should be informed by new research showing that California's women – especially low-income women, single mothers and the elderly – have been especially hard hit by the Great Recession and the budget crisis.
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By Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of California
Published in the Huffington Post, November 29, 2011
In these challenging economic times, with California's 12 percent unemployment rate, most of us assume that having a job and getting a raise is a good thing. But I recently learned about Cheryl, who when offered a raise, didn't celebrate, but had a difficult decision to make.
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By Stacey Gualandi, Contributor and Interviewer at thewomenseye.com
Published by thewomenseye.com on November 29, 2011
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund, couldn’t have said it better. If young girls don’t have positive role models in media or female mentors in leadership positions, then how do they know what they can achieve?