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

 

PRESS RELEASES

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)