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NFBPWC ADVOCACY Committee


NFBPWC advocates to maintain and achieve long-lasting changes for working women

NFBPWC has been on the front lines of every major legal and policy victory for women for over 100 years, and thanks to you, we aren't doing this alone! With your help, we're advocating for policies, programs and agencies that benefit working women at the state and national level.

The Alice Paul Equal Rights Amendment shall stand first and foremost above all other items of the advocacy platform until Equal Rights have been guaranteed in the United States Constitution - i.e. "Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."


NFBPWC Advocacy Priorities

The three key areas that we feel are of the greatest need and have the biggest impact on the women we serve:

Economic Equity and Justice

  • Access to pay equity and retirement equity
  • Access to education, training, and promotional opportunities
  • Access to equal opportunities in the workplace and corporate boards
  • Access to women business enterprise procurement process
  • Access to quality, affordable dependent care (child, elderly or disabled)
  • Access to funding and capital for entrepreneurial activity
  • Access to affordable and attainable housing
  • Support the repeal of Forced Arbitration as a sole means of dispute resolution

Women's Rights Are Human Rights

  • Passage of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
  • Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
  • Eradicate Domestic Violence and the Electronic and Physical stalking, sexual harassment, sexual abuse and discrimination
  • Support universal background checks for all gun purchases
  • Support the Violence Against Women Act
  • Oppose human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and slavery
  • Equal education opportunity including adequate funding of public education, preschool through post-secondary
  • Support equal rights for LGBTQ+ persons
  • Support equal treatment of and end discrimination against all women
  • Support policies and practices that promote environmental sustainability
  • Support the endeavors of and improve conditions for military-affiliated women
  • Support our women in prisons
  • Support protection of human rights and equitable treatment of all migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers

Health Equity and Justice

  • Access to affordable reproductive healthcare, including contraception and legal abortion care.
  • Reproductive choice
  • Paid sick leave
  • Family and medical leave
  • Equal research funding for women's and girl's health issues
  • Health education funding for women's and girl's health issues
  • Health education funding for women and girls
  • Prevention of pregnancy and infant care discrimination in the workplace (reasonable accommodations for breast feeding/breast pumping and pregnancy related conditions)
  • Ensure workplace safety
  • Expansion of mental health coverage and services


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Visit the ACTION CAMPAIGN page to view the tools you'll need to join us as we advocate for women's rights. Learn about the status of key legislation, and make your voice heard by sending messages directly to elected officials and decision makers.


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Committee Scope

As part of NFBPWC's advocacy agenda for change, the Advocacy Committee is committed to the achievement of gender equality, and the health and rights of women.

Through our actions and specific Action Campaigns we are involved in, we're making a difference!

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The COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Contact Committee Chair:

Daneene is a Registered Nurse and a life/supplemental health insurance expert based in Cleveland, OH. As the VP of Advocacy for NFBPWC, she serves as the bridge to other related organizations / initiatives and brings valuable health-related perspectives, while promoting the “little” things we can do in our daily lives to help make a positive impact on our environment.


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