Policy and Research

​Our Statewide Advocacy efforts work to protect women’s access to abortion, reproductive, and maternal health care; ensure comprehensive, medically accurate, and inclusive sex education; eradicate period poverty for students, as well as other issues of economic security for women such as access to Paid Leave; equal pay; and strengthening the basic safety net programs such as food assistance, affordable housing and affordable childcare.  

Legislative Areas of Focus 

  • Access to Paid Family and Medical Leave
  • Access to Paid Time Off – Sick, Vacation, and Flex time
  • Access to Healthcare especially Abortion, Reproductive, Maternal and Mental Health Services
  • Comprehensive, Medically Accurate, Age Appropriate, Trauma Informed, Medically Accurate Sex, and inclusive Education Curriculum in FL Schools
  • End Period Poverty and Stigma for FL Students 
  • Improve the FL Hate Crimes Law to ensure it protects women and girls who are target

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  • Strengthen basic safety net programs for low wage earners or those who cannot work
    • i.e. food assistance programs, affordable housing, affordable childcare
  • Access to Higher education – grant and scholarship funding specifically for Women of Color
  • Ensure state and local business contracts are accessible to women-owned and minority-women-owned businesses
  • Education, training, and financing opportunities for women looking to start or grow their small business
  • Pay Equity – close gender wage gap and decrease wealth gap with special attention on Women of Color
  • Increase Minimum Wage 

Coalition  Work

We believe in partnership and collaboration which allows us to amplify and expand our message and reach.  We work through numerous coalitions that focus on our legislative priorities and advocate at the local, state, and federal level to affect change. 

Florida Women’s Funding Alliance (FWFA) 
Florida Healthy Youth Alliance (FHYA)
Coalition Against Period Poverty (CAPP)
Floridians for Reproductive Freedom (FRF)
Paid Leave for All Coalition
Florida Hate Crimes Coalition 

Research Reports 

The Florida Women's Funding Alliance (FWFA) commissioner a series of research reports on the status of women and girls in Florida. The collection of research studies were conducted by the Institute for Women's Policy Research and the Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center.

The Status of Women in Florida by County:
  1. Poverty & Opportunity 
  2. Employment & Earnings 
  3. Health & Well-Being 

Status of Girls in Florida:
  1. Education Attainment and Disparities by County
  2. Well-Being
  3. Research to Action: Make Girls a Priority 
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Reports can be viewed here.