Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Upper Middlesex Regional Commission on the Status of Women Meeting

Wednesday, September 11 2019 at 6:00 PM
Other: See Agenda, Specified in Agenda ,


This meeting was posted Monday, September 9 2019 at 8:01 AM

Agenda

UMCSW Agenda September 11, 2019
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Arlington, MA Public Library, 4th Floor Conference Room
700 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA (781) 316-3200
1. Public Comment All
2. Review of Minutes from May 8, 2019 Meeting Katie
3. Grant from UCSW Linda
4. Follow-up Women's Empowerment Workshops Kristina
a. June 1, 2019, 9 am – 2 pm, location TBD
5. Update MCSW Legislative Update Connie
6. Review & Discussion of Annual Report Linda/Jenna/All
a. See Attachment B
7. Initiatives for Gender Auditing Connie
a. See Attachment A
8. Project/Objective for Intern Program Jenna
Attachment A: References for Gender Auditing Initiatives
Here's a review from the Columbia Law School
https://www.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rightsinstitute/
gender_equity_through_human_rights_for_publication.pdf
Here's an example of an intersectional gender audit that the Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission is
carrying out.
https://pittsburghpa.gov/gec/about/index.html
Article about its implementation.
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/03/01/Pittsburgh-equity-panel-gender-commission-biascity-
hall/stories/201803010135

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.