D.C. Women’s Agenda

Mission Statement:  The D.C. Women’s Agenda (DCWA) is a local advocacy and policy coalition in Washington, D.C., that promotes the advancement of equality, health, and well-being of women and girls in the District.  The EJC is a Co-Chair of the D.C. Women's Agenda.

The D.C. Women's Agenda meets on the first Thursday of every month at 10 a.m.  Our meeting locations vary throughout the District.  To inquire about joining the D.C. Women's Agenda, contact Karen Minatelli. 

  • The DC Women's Agenda is compiling a candidates' guide for all individuals running for a seat on the DC City Council.  It will be available on this website and in public venues later this summer.
  • Last fall, the DC Women's Agenda co-sponsored a forum on the HPV Vaccine and a forum on Housing issues.  The DCWA also offered one training on advocacy in the fall of 2007 and a second in the spring of 2008. 

View the D.C. Women's Agenda White Paper, Recommendations to City Leaders, 2007, here.

Guiding Principles:  DCWA members commit ourselves to:
  1. Educating ourselves and our communities about the issues facing women and girls in Washington, D.C. and efforts to address those issues;
  2. Identifying the interdependence of issues facing women and girls and pursue policy approaches that incorporate this understanding of interdependence;
  3. Striving to ensure that the DCWA’s membership is reflective of the racial, economic, cultural, ethnic and geographical diversity of the District of Columbia; and
  4. Supporting women’s and girls’ voices and empower women and girls in Washington, D.C.

Goals of the D.C. Women's Agenda:  DCWA members commit to including in our women-centered agenda language and efforts that:

  1. Encourage local law enforcement personnel and government officials to implement and enforce the laws and policies intended to provide protection to and support for women and girls in the District of Columbia;
  2. Amend existing District of Columbia laws that are sexist in their intent or impact;
  3. Secure equal access to quality healthcare and reproductive services;
  4. Ensure freedom from physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse by intimate partners and strangers; and
  5. Provide accessible and affordable job training and education to increase women's earning potential, and undertake additional efforts to strengthen women's economic security;
  6. Increase women's access to all levels of employment;
  7. Advocate for equal pay for equal work;
  8. Improve child care quality and availability; and
  9. Enable women and girls to live safely in their homes, in their neighborhoods, at work and at school.

For more information about the D.C. Women's Agenda, contact Karen Minatelli at (202) 828-9675 ext. 16.
   
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