Resources and Links

Notice: These web site references are provided for informational purposes only. The links below are intended to highlight some of the more useful web sites related to women's issues. This list is by no means exhaustive and will be updated over time. Views expressed are not necessarily those endorsed by the Women's Caucus. The California Legislative Women's Caucus assumes no responsibility for the content posted at web sites maintained by outside organizations. 

Legislation and Research

• Official California Legislative Information
  http://leginfo.ca.gov/ 
• Legislative Analysts Office
  http://www.lao.ca.gov/ 
• California Research Bureau
  http://www.library.ca.gov/html/statseg2a.cfm
• Senate Office of Research
  http://www.sen.ca.gov/sor/

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Women's History

• International Museum of Women
  http://www.imow.org/
• The National Women's Hall of Fame
  http://www.greatwomen.org/
• National Women's History Project
  http://www.nwhp.org/
• Women's History Reclamation Project
  http://www.whrp.net

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Women's Organizations

• California Commission on the Status of Women
  http://www.statusofwomen.ca.gov/
• National Organization of Women
  http://www.now.org/ 
• California National Organization for Women
  http://www.canow.org/
• California Women's Law Center
  http://www.cwlc.org
• Center for American Women and Politics
  https://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/index.html 
• Feminist Majority Foundation
  http://www.feminist.org
• The Women's Foundation
  http://www.twfusa.org
• The Women's Foundation of California
  http://www.womensfoundca.org
• California Elected Women's Association
  http://www.cewaer.org
• American Association of University Women
  http://www.aauw.org/ 

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Aid to Low-income Families

• California Department of Social Services
  http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/default.htm 
• Healthy Families - medical insurance
  http://www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov
• Women, Infants and Children - food assistance
  http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/ 
• Western Center on Law & Poverty
  http://www.wclp.org

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Child Care

• California Child Care Resource & Referral Network
  http://www.rrnetwork.org/ 
• Child Care Bureau
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb
• Child Care Law Center
  http://childcarelaw.org/

   

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Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault

• Family Violence
  http://www.endabuse.org 
• Women Escaping A Violent Environment
  http://www.weaveinc.org/ 
• Safe at Home - Address Confidentiality for Domestic Violence Victims
  http://www.ss.ca.gov/safeathome/
• Family Violence Center
  http://www.fvlc.org/
• California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
  http://cpedv.org/
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center
  http://www.nsvrc.org/
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  http://www.ncadv.org/
• The Institute on Domestic Violence in African American Communities
  http://www.dvinstitute.org

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Education

• California Department of Education
  http://cde.ca.gov/
• California Postsecondary Education Commission
  http://www.cpec.ca.gov/
• California Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.caeyc.org/ 
• Policy Analysis for California Education - An independent education policy research center founded by the schools of education at UC Berkeley and Stanford University
  http://pace.berkeley.edu/
• Education Week -- A national newspaper on education issues published weekly
  http://edweek.org/
• EdSource Online - An independent source of information on California public schools
  http://www.edsource.org/
• Ed-Data - Fiscal, demographic and performance data on California's K-12 schools
  http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/

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Foster Care

• State of California, Children and Family Services Division
  http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/
• California Partnership for Children
  http://www.childrenspartnership.org
• California Youth Connection
  http://www.calyouthconn.org

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Gender Equity

• Council on Women and Girls
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg/
• The Women's Sports Foundation
  http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/
• The American Association of University Women
  http://www.aauw.org/
• California National Organization For Women
  http://www.canow.org
• California Women's Law Center
  http://www.cwlc.org
• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
  http://www.usccr.gov

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Health

• Healthy Families Program - State of California
  http://www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/
• Office of Women's Health - State of California
  http://www.dhs.ca.gov/
• National Breast Cancer Foundation
  http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/index16.htm
• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 
  http://www.acog.org
• California Family Health Council
  http://www.cfhc.org
• National Women's Health Information Center
  http://www.4women.org

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Incarcerated Women

• California Department of Corrections
  http://www.cdc.state.ca.us/
• California Coalition for Battered Women in Prison
  http://freebatteredwomen.org
• California Coalition for Women Prisoners
  http://www.womenprisoners.org
• Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
  http://prisonerswithchildren.org/links.htm

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Reproductive Freedom

• Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
  http://www.crlp.org/ 
• California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
  http://www.caral.org
• Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
  http://www.ppacca.org/index.asp
• Planned Parenthood
  http://www.plannedparenthood.org
• Feminist Women's Health Center
  www.fwhc.org

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Working Families

• Paid Family Leave Collaborative
  http://www.paidfamilyleave.org/
• National Partnership for Women & Families
  http://www.nationalpartnership.org/
• National Network for Women's Employment
  http://www.womenwork.org/
• The Center for Research on Women & Families
  http://www.ccrwf.org/

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