advocacy

The YWCA core advocacy issues reflect our mission and the values of our organization. Our core advocacy issues are:

• Affirmative Action
• CEDAW: The Treaty for the Rights of Women
• Childcare and Early Education
• Hate Crimes
• Health Care
• Increasing Women's Income

- Budgetary Policy
- Equal Pay
- Minimum Wage
- Social Security
- Tax Policy
- Welfare Reform

• Racial Justice

- Immigration and Immigrant Rights
- Judicial Nominations
- Voter Protection

• Reproductive Rights and Health
• Violence Against Women

- Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA)
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)