PRESS INQUIRIES

Contact the Department on the Status of Women at (415) 252-2570, dosw@sfgov.org.

 

PRESS RELEASES

2022

• San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Releases an Encouraging Gender Analysis Report for Participation of People of Color, Women of Color and Underrepresented Communities on San Francisco Boards and Commissions (August 2022)
• San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Awards ACCESS Reproductive Justice Emergency Funds in Anticipation of Influx of Out-of-State Patients Seeking Abortion Care (July 13, 2022)
• San Francisco secures 1 million dollars to improve service connection for domestic violence victims who are at high risk of lethality (March 22, 2022)

2021

• "Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women" and San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Restructure to Maximize Impact for Women, Girls and Non-Binary People (November 8, 2021)
• Supervisor Myrna Melgar and Budget and Legislative Analysts' Office Release Report on How Women-Owned Businesses Fared in Receiving COVID-19 Relief (July 13, 2021)
• Mayor London Breed Announces Women and Families First Initiative (May 26, 2021)
• Department on the Status of Women's Statement on the Deaths of Eight Women in Georgia (March 17, 2021)
• Mayor London Breed Announces New Initiatives to Combat Human Trafficking in San Francisco (January 8, 2021)

 

2020

• Mayor London Breed announces Kimberly Ellis to serve as Director of the Department on the Status of Women (November 24, 2020)

• Statement from San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women President Breanna Zwart on President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Victory (November 10, 2020)

• San Francisco Family Violence Council Issues FY 2018-FY 2019 Report on Family Violence in San Francisco (July 29, 2020)

• Statement from San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women President Breanna Zwart on Racial Injustice (June 2, 2020)

• A city government that works for women (March 23, 2020)

2019

• Department on the Status of Women Issues New Report on Women's Experiences Working in the San Francisco Police Department (December 16, 2019)

• San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking Issues Human Trafficking in San Francisco – 2017 Data Report (July 25, 2019)

• Mayor London Breed announces $9 million in State funding to serve survivors of human trafficking (July 10, 2019)

• San Francisco Department on the Status of Women Issues Latest Report: 2019 Gender Analysis of Commissions and Boards (June 27, 2019)

• ENDING MODERN DAY SLAVERY: San Francisco Leaders Launch Human Trafficking Awareness Month & Honors Modern Day Abolitionists (January 11, 2019)

2018​

• $750K domestic violence grant to help Asian-Pacific Islanders in SF’s Bayview (October 22, 2018)

• San Francisco celebrates the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October 1, 2018)

• Kavanaugh Hearing, Statement by Commission President Mesloh (September 27, 2018)

• Healthy Mothers Workplace Award (August 28, 2018)

• SF Commission on the Status of Women Honors Three Exceptional Women for Pride Month (July 2, 2018)

• San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking Issues 3rd Annual Human Trafficking in San Francisco Report (April 5, 2018)

• New Recommendations on Strengthening Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response (March 1, 2018)

• San Francisco Family Violence Council Issues FY 2016 Report on Family Violence in San Francisco (January 30, 2018)

• San Francisco Announces Groundbreaking Policies to Support Sex Workers Who are Victims or Witnesses to Violence in Reporting to Law Enforcement (January 11, 2018)

 

RECENT ARTICLES

2021

• S.F. still falling short of goal to represent women in public art (SF Examiner, January 24, 2021)
• SFO installs human trafficking help placards in airport bathrooms (SFBAY.CA, January 15, 2021)

2020

• San Francisco report reveals large discrepancy of public spaces named after women (KQED, January 5, 2020)

2019

• Female SFPD officers given less dangerous assignments than men, report says (Mission Local, Monday, December 16, 2019)

• Report finds women face challenges being promoted in San Francisco Police Department (ABC 7, Bay City News, Tuesday, December 17, 2019)

• Women in SF Police Department face barriers in assignments, recognition (SF Chronicle, December 16, 2019)

• SF cuts contracts with anti-abortion states (Golden Gate Xpress, November 5, 2019)

• SF voters to decide $600 million affordable housing bond (SF Chronicle, July 10, 2019)

• Elder abuse a growing concern for SF seniors (SF Examiner, January 23, 2019)

• Child Abuse Declines, Abuse of Dependent Adults Up in San Francisco (SFWeekly, January 22, 2019)

• Bayview domestic violence program helped more than 100 people get services in its first year (SF Examiner, January 11, 2019)

2018

• San Francisco as Sustainable City (Impakter, December 10, 2018)

• Downtown SF Nightlife Businesses Tackle Sexual Assault (SF Weekly, November 8, 2018)

• Kate Kennedy Honored at United Nations Anniversary (The Irish Herald, November 2018)

• San Francisco has the only Department of Women in the US, and It Shows (Apolitical, April 17, 2018)

• CA Bill, SF Report Aim to Support LGBTQ Students (Bay Area Reporter, February 8, 2018)

• SF Sheriff Seeks to Confiscate Guns from Prohibited Owners as Domestic Violence Calls Rise (SF Examiner, January 31, 2018)

• New State Bill Would Support Lactation in the Workplace for Working Women (East County Today, January 30, 2018)

• San Francisco Sex Workers Reporting Violent Crimes Won’t Face Arrest (San Francisco CBS Local, January 11, 2018)