The Virginia Women’s Equality Coalition wrapped up their lobbying meeting with Governor Terry McAuliffe in the Reading Room of the Virginia State Library. He praised their efforts and reminded them that two things are important this year: getting out to vote because elections matter and we have to work together to make things happen. Slides: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Communities stick together.  WEC member met with Delegate Mark Cole (R – Fredericksburg), who voted against expanding absentee voting,  to discuss how fair and impartial election maps strengthen communities, protecting constituents with shared interests. For decades Virginians faced numerous obstacles to meaningful participation in the political process, include the redistricting process. Members urged Delegate Cole to […]

When you need to choose between going to work and putting your sick child back in school or day care everyone loses. Concerned citizens met with a member of Senator Mamie Locke ( D- Hampton)  to express their views and stories on the paid sick days, and nearly one million Virginia workers need to make that […]

  The coalition members also discussed with Delegate David Yancey (R-Newport News)t how w women deserve equal pay for equal work — it’s that simple. It is unacceptable that in 2017 we still face such a huge wage gap in this country. Today, Black women earn about 63 cents for every dollar earned by a […]

  The Virginia Women’s Equality Coalition meets with Delegate David Yancey (R-Newport News) to discuss common sense legislation on a woman access to a 12 month supply of oral contraceptives–citing the 2011 study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that dispensing a twelve-month supply of oral contraceptives reduces the likelihood of unintended […]

Yesterday, the Virginia Women’s Equality Coalition kept the momentum of the Women’s March going all the way to the Virginia General Assembly. Progress Virginia Executive Director, Anna Scholl, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Executive Director Tarina Keene and Virginia Lt. Governor Ralph Northam kick off at Virginia Women’s Equality Coalition Lobby Day. The Virgina Women’s Equality Coalition promotes women’s […]

Advocates and volunteers from all over the Commonwealth break out into teams to discuss the delegates and issues they will be meeting and speaking to lawmakers. Some of the bills they lobbied for support the Whole Woman’s Health Act, which says a woman has a fundamental right to access an abortion and no restrictions should be placed on this right, […]