Advocacy
The US Women’s Caucus advocates for women and girls in the US as well as abroad through our network of activists and NGOs, aiming to include every race, ethnicity, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity, as well as those with disabilities. The Caucus advocates for gender equality and the well-being of women and girls by:
- contacting US government officials at all levels
- issuing statements on issues of vital interest to women
- holding panel discussions for civil society
- seeking to influence the annual outcome document of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
The Caucus is committed to supporting legislation to advance the human rights of women and girls of all races, backgrounds, and circumstances residing in the United States at the federal, state, and local levels including:
- final adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
- final ratification of CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)
- legislation such as access and affordability of childcare, paid parental leave, and quality medical care for women of all ages, including reproductive and maternal care.
Economic Issues
Financial Institutions and Infrastructure Perpetuating Poverty (Brief 2024)
Women’s Employment and Poverty (Brief 2024)
The Gender Digital Divide: Economic Access and Employment for Women (Brief 2023)
Education, Training and STEM
The Intersection of Gender, Education, and Poverty (Brief 2024)
The Intersection of Gender, Education and Technology (Brief 2023)
Environment
The Intersection of Gender, Technology and Environment (Brief 2023)
The Impact of Climate Change on Women and Girls (Statement 2022)
Climate, Women and Health (Statement 2021)
Women, Technology and Financing (Statement 2021)
Climate, Women and Gender Mainstreaming (Statement 2021)
Climate, Women, Girls and Disaster (Statement 2021)
Climate, Women and Migration (Statement 2021)
Climate, Women and Water (Statmente 2021)
Climate, Indigenous Women (Statement 2021)
Climate, Women & Biodiversity (Statement 2021)
Climate, Women, Agriculture and Food (Statement 2021)
Equal Rights Amendment
“ Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”
The ERA: Continuing the Fight to Achieve Human Rights for All (Brief 2024)
Gender Policy Council on Feminist Domestic and Foreign Policy (Letter 2021)
Beijing +20 (Press release 2020)
Female Head of Households
Poverty and Female-headed Households (Brief 2024)
Health and Social Protection
Health, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)
Technology and Health for Women (Brief 2023)
Climate, Women and Health (Statement 2021)
Human Rights
US Must Help Afghan Women and Girls (Statement 2021)
USAID Administrator Samantha Power on Afghan Women and Girls (Letter 2021)
Turkey’s Announced Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention (Statement 2021)
Indigenous / Native American Rights
The Impact of Poverty on Native American Women and Girls (Brief 2024)
Climate, Indigenous Women (Statement 2021)
Leadership and Decision Making
Women Leading Technology: Building Pipelines to High Decision Making (Brief 2023)
Approval of Judge Jackson to Supreme Court (Letter 2021)
Older Women and Widows
Women, Widows, and Poverty (Brief 2024)
Peace/Security
Hamas and Israel War (Statement 2023)
Iran: Women-Life-Freedom Solidarity (Statement 2023)
Russia’s Attack on Ukraine (Statement 2022)
Tigray: Eden Hailu Briefing on Genocide (Briefing 2021)
Tigray: Stop Military Sexual Violence: UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (Letter 2021)
Poverty
Disability, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)
Financial Institutions and Infrastructure Perpetuating Poverty (Brief 2024)
Health, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)
Older Women, Widows, and Poverty (Brief 2024)
Poverty and Female-headed Households (Brief 2024)
Race, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)
Rural Women and Poverty (Brief 2024)
The Intersection of Gender, Education, and Poverty (Brief 2024)
The Impact of Poverty on Native American Women and Girls (Brief 2024)
Women’s Employment and Poverty (Brief 2024)
Racial Justice
Race, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)
Attacks on Asian-American Women in Georgia (Statement 2021)
Rural Women and Girls
Rural Women and Poverty (Brief 2024)
Gender, Rurality, and Technology (Brief 2024 )
Climate, Women, Agriculture and Food (Statement 2021)
Improving the Lives of Rural Women and Girls (2018)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Ever since the US Supreme Court overturned the protections of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the US Women’s Caucus has responded with statements, tweets, and resources. We deplore the Supreme Court’s rollback of women’s human rights and stand in solidarity with women across the US fighting for access to abortion services.
Texas Cox Refusal of Life-Saving Treatment (Statement, 2023)
Supreme Court Draft on Roe v. Wade (Statement 2022)
Religious Perspectives on Abortion (Presentation 2022)
Texas Abortion Ban (Statement 2021)
Technology and the Digital Divide
Gender, Rurality, and Technology (Brief 2024)
Technology and Health for Women (Brief 2024)
The Intersection of Technology with Violence Against Women and Girls (Brief 2023)
The Intersection of Gender, Education and Technology (Brief 2023)
The Gender Digital Divide: Economic Access and Employment for Women (Brief 2023)
Women Leading Technology: Building Pipelines to High Decision Making (Brief 2023)
The Intersection of Gender, Technology and Environment (Brief 2022)
Violence Against Women
Race, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)
The Intersection of Technology with Violence Against Women and Girls (Brief 2023)
Turkey’s Announced Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention (Statement 2021)
Attacks on Asian-American Women in Georgia (Statement 2021)
Beijing +25 anniversary (Statement 2020)
Women with Disabilities
Disability, Poverty, and Gender (Brief 2024)