Women's Health
Maternal Mortality In California – CWLC Policy Review (August 2024)
Maternal mortality poses a grave health crisis across the United States. While California reports lower rates than other states, critical policy gaps still threaten the safety of pregnant women throughout the state. This paper offers an in-depth examination of maternal mortality in California, along with proposals for enhancing the safety of pregnancy and childbirth in
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CWLC Report: HIV Criminalization and Sex Work in California (2017)
In collaboration with The Williams Institute and the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center, CWLC helped bring attention to the discriminatory treatment of female sex workers in California. As part of this effort, we participated in the creation of a report analyzing arrests made in California from 2005-2013 for prostitution and other offenses related to sex
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CWLC Forum: Aging, Women, and Poverty In California (2016)
On June 3, 2016, the California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) partnered with the California Commission on Aging and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to co-host the “Aging, Women and Poverty in California” forum. The Forum focused on the priorities and perspectives that community and policy leaders need to address as our population
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