The Strategic Plan of the Commission and Department organizes the work into 2 primary areas: Women's Human Rights and Women's Health and Safety, though a human rights framework applies to all program and policy areas addressed by the Commission and Department.
WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS
* CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women), a UN Treaty, became a local ordinance in 1998. Find out about:
* The Department provides information to individuals, community organizations, businesses and government related to women and girls' employment and economic independence. Find out about:
* The Department believes in ensuring the advancement of sound policy that meets the needs of girls. Find out about:
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND SAFETY
* Increasing public awareness and understanding of violence against women is a priority service area for the Department. Find out about:
* The Department is working toward universal health care, and creating equity in access to health care for all San Francisco Women. Find out about our work in women's health.
USING A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK
The Department on the Status of Women organizes its programs based on principles laid out in the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). San Francisco was the first city in the United States to adopt CEDAW as a local ordinance, and the Department is responsible for ensuring its implementation. The Department considers the rights laid out below as guiding principles for the policies and programs that have been prioritized in our work:
1. The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living - Employment and Economics programs, CEDAW programs
2. The Right to Bodily Integrity - Violence Against Women programs
3. The Right to Adequate Health Care - Health programs
4. The Right of Girls to Access to Education and Social Services - Girls programs
5. Implementation of CEDAW Ordinance - CEDAW programs
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