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Division of Equity and Social Justice

Women's Equality Day Event

On August 24th 2023, Commission on the Status of Women hosted the Women's Equality Day Luncheon Event, celebrating the progress made towards gender equality.

The event was a huge success, which included keynote speaker, CA State Controller Malia Cohen, a panel discussion on the CEDAW ordinance that was passed by the board of supervisors, and we were honored by attendance of over 50 elected officials.

Here are a few highlights from the SCC CSW Women's Equality Day 50th Anniversary:

  • The event was completely sold out! 
  • We were honored to be hosted by our Title Sponsor LinkedIn at their worldwide headquarters in Mountain View CA with many LinkedIn senior executives in attendance.
  • President of the SCC BOS, Supervisor Susan Ellenberg Emcee'd the event.
  • CA State Controller Malia Cohen gave a powerful Keynote address.
  • Our very own Woman of Impact, San Jose born and bred, Olympic medalist - Danielle Slaton was honored
  • Supervisors Arenas, Chavez, Ellenberg and Simitian were in attendance and Supervisor Lee sent a representative!
  • The "POWER of CEDAW" segment featured "A Conversation with Supervisor Cindy Chavez" to celebrate the historic adoption of a full CEDAW Ordinance on May 2, 2023.
  • We honored Santa Clara University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic Faculty and Students.
  • We had close to 50 elected officials and dignitaries in attendance
  • Please see LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook for the social media coverage we are still receiving.
  • The event and the work of our Commission was shared to MILLIONS of people around the world. Media articles are still being received (including one from the Mercury News on Wednesday of this week). Please see below for more details.

News release

Media articles

Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez urged employers to make sure workers are being paid fairly at a rally on Latina Equal Pay Day, organized by the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, on Dec. 8, 2022.

Santa Clara County leaders take action on gender inequality

Read San Jose Spotlight article about SCC leaders taking action
Editorial: The most important women’s rights law hardly anyone has heard of article screenshot

Editorial: The most important women’s rights law hardly anyone has heard of

Read Mercury News article on women's rights law
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor Joe Simitian participates in the celebratory event for the Commission on the Status of Women, along with several Mountain View city council members sitting at the table with him. Photo by Emily Margaretten.

County Commission Promoting Gender Equality Celebrates 50 year Anniversary at Mountain View Event

Read Mountain View Voice article on anniversary event
California State Controller Malia Cohen is the keynote speaker at the County of Santa Clara Commission on the Status of Women luncheon, celebrating its 50th anniversary

Malia Cohen Delivers Keynote at Women's Equality Day Lunch

Read more about Malia Cohen's keynotw
Lisa Liddle, vice chair of the County of Santa Clara Commission on the Status of Women, speaks alongside county supervisor Cindy Chavez and Britton Schwartz, Deputy Director of the IHRC Santa Clara University School of Law, during a luncheon, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Mountain View, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Santa Clara County’s Commission on the Status of Women still fighting for equality 50 years later - Sept 18, 2023

Read Mercury News article about Commission on the Status of Women

KTSF and CNA

KTSF - Streamed by KTSF to Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese), Japanese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese and South Asian audiences.  KTSF is the largest Asian-language and Chinese-language broadcast station in the US. KTSF streams news and entertainment programming to 1.5 million Asian Americans in the San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and the Northern California region.

CNA - Channel NewsAsia, is Singapore's number one English News Channel, and reaches close to 1 million viewers in Singapore every week and at least 4.7 million affluent viewers in the region every month. CNA has correspondents in major Asian cities and key Western ones, including New York, Washington D.C., London and Brussels. 

Read CNA article Slayton, a female national football player turned team founder: Women’s football matches cultivate leadership

Sing Tao Daily

Sing Tao Daily is the oldest Chinese language daily newspaper in Hong Kong, with a daily readership of over 1 million.

In addition to Hong Kong, Sing Tao Daily is also published and circulated in major cities across the globe including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Toronto, Vancouver and London; currently Sing Tao Daily’s overseas editions include US Eastern, Western and LA editions, European edition and Canada new media.

View Sing Tao Daily Newspaper