Our Priorities

Between 2016 and 2024, the WGI worked on a number of issues and priorities to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). These include:

• Women’s Experience at Work
• Paid Family Leave
• Promoting Gender Equity in Recruitment and Hiring Processes
• Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Women in Traditionally Male-Dominated Fields
• Family-Friendly Policies and Practices
• Women in Tech
• Women in Trades
• Women in Fire
• Women in Policing
• Women’s Economic Resiliency
• Women’s Health Indicators
• The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Women
• Women Experiencing Homelessness
• Abortion Access
• Gender-Based Violence
• Access to Feminine Hygiene Products
• Girls in Sports
• Diverting Black Girls from the School-to-Prison Pipeline
• Voter Registration
• Women’s Participation in Community Engagement Spaces
• Transforming Los Angeles County’s operations by training all departments in Gender Impact Assessments.

We encourage you to read the WGI Implementation Report for a comprehensive review of the County’s progress in these areas.