Call To Action: Have Your Say on The Future of Women and Work! (Wednesday, June 06, 2012)

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Call To Action: Have Your Say on The Future of Women and Work!

The Friends of the
San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women

in cooperation with the

invite you to participate in an engaging conversation
to highlight the current positive trends and identify proactive initiatives for the future

June 6, 2012
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Deloitte, 555 Mission Street, San Francisco

Amanda Kimball
Author, UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders

Christie Smith, Ph.D.
Principal, Deloitte LLP

Patricia Gillette
Partner, Employment Law, Orrick
San Francisco

Barbara Morrison
President, TMC Financing

Sally Thornton
Founder, Forshay

David Assmann
Deputy Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment

Steven C. Currall
Dean and Professor of Management
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis

The landscape for women in corporate leadership is evolving. While the “numbers” according to studies done on a national level by Catalyst and UC Davis for California, have shown that the representation of women in senior leadership positions has stalled in recent years, the national and global conversation is heating up.

With women graduating with advanced degrees in record numbers, there is a drive on the part of the younger generations of women to seek more expansive opportunities. We are also seeing the growing economic contribution and clout of women as both earners and consumers.

These trends are significant for global and local economies and with both positive and stagnant trends it is important to stay focused on the positive steps that still need to be and can be taken to move the agenda along at a more rapid pace.

The evening’s panel of both female and male experts will address the following questions:

What is really happening in the numbers?
What does this mean for our economies and why is it important?
What are some companies and agencies currently doing to promote gender equity?
How can we, as individual women and men, corporations and leaders, encourage the continued advancement of women and offer support to our current and our future women leaders?

For more information about our panelists, visit friendscosw.org/conversations.

2012 CEDAW Awards for Women's Human Rights Luncheon (Monday, September 24, 2012)

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Anita Lee, First Lady of San Francisco
Honorary Event Chair

and the

Board of Directors of the Friends of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women

invite you to

"Inspiring An Equal Future"

Awards Ceremony and Celebration

of the

2012 CEDAW Women's Human Rights Honorees

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Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Julia Morgan Ballroom @ the Merchants Exchange Bldg.
465 California St. @ Montgomery, San Francisco

RSVP required: www.friendscosw.org/events

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Sponsorships available, please contact

women@friendscosw.org

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Previous CEDAW Awardees:

Adrienne Pon, Executive Director, San Francisco Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
Barbara Garcia, Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Belva Davis, Host, "This Week in Northern California" (KQED); Board Member, Museum of the African Diaspora
The Hon. Barbara Boxer, United States Senate
Barbara Krumsiek, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair,
Calvert Group Ltd.;
Director and Chair of Acacia Life Insurance Company
Barbara Kaufman, Director, San Francisco Regional Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Beverly Upton, Executive Director, Domestic Violence Consortium
Cecily Joseph, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Symantec Corporation
Charlene Harvey, Trustee, Presidio Trust
David Assmann, Deputy Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment
The Hon. Dianne Feinstein, United States Senate
Donna Burke, Regional Vice President, Constituency Relations, AT&T
Dorka Keehn, Journalist & Social Entrepreneur
JaMel Perkins, Past President, Partners Ending Domestic Abuse
Julianne Cartwright Traylor, Associate Director of International Programs, USF School of Law
Julie Castro Abrams, Chief Executive Officer, Women's Initiative
Karen Kai, Arts & Cultural Education Advocate
Gwen Chan, Acting Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
Luz Vega Marquis, President & CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation
Lydia Beebe, Corporate Secretary & Chief Governance Officer, Chevron Corporation
Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Local, Maps, and Localization, Google
Meg Vassey, Executive Director, Tradeswomen, Inc.
The Hon. Nancy Pelosi, United House of Representatives
Noosheen Hashemi, President and Co-Founder, The HAND Foundation
Olga Talamante, Executive Director, Chicana/Latina Foundation
Pamela Hemann, Executive Director, Leadership California
Roselyne "Cissy" Swig, Founder, Partners Ending Domestic Abuse
Sherri Burke, MBA, RN, Founder/Board Member, Professional Healthcare at Home
Susie Tompkins Buell, Founder, Susie Tompkins Buell Foundation

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CEDAW stands for the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women. In 1998, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to have adopted a local CEDAW Ordinance.

The CEDAW Women’s Human Rights Awards distinguish leaders and organizations who use their public roles to advance the rights of women. Awards are given for leadership demonstrated in multiple sectors of the community, including education, entrepreneurship, government, health, labor, media and philanthropy which represent the CEDAW principles.

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Call To Action: Have Your Say on The Future of Women and Work!

2012 CEDAW Awards for Women's Human Rights Luncheon (Monday, September 24, 2012)