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Welcome to VCW's Homepage
NEW: Listen, Talk, and Keep Talking (PDF)
Tools and Tips for parents when confronted with objectionable sexual or violent language or imagery
NEW: Vermont Businesses Support Breastfeeding Workers: Get Free Help!
It’s a tough economy. Vermont workplaces need lower health care costs, lower
turnover rates, lower absenteeism rates, and higher employee productivity and morale.
How to get them? Lactation support! Vermont's Breastfeeding Network, Department of Health,
and Commission on Women announce a statewide initiative to increase the numbers of
businesses who provide lactation support to breastfeeding employees. It's NEW, it's FREE
and it's the law in Vermont. The Business Case for Breastfeeding is part of a nationwide
initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Maternal and Child
Health Bureau aimed at encouraging women to breastfeed their infants for a longer duration
after they return to work. Vermont was selected by HHS as one of 10 states to implement
this project. We have trained volunteers in all parts of the state ready to help businesses
– FREE. Call the Vermont Department of Health WIC State Breastfeeding Coordinator, Tricia Cassi,
at (802) 652-4177, or email at TCassi@vdh.state.vt.us
Our 2009 Report: The Status of Women and Girls in Vermont
2009 Status Report (PDF)
The Business Case for Breastfeeding: Steps for Creating a Breastfeeding
Friendly Worksite
Make your workplace new mom friendly: A group of Vermonters are now trained and
ready to assist small business owners and human resources staff to
provide lactation support to breastfeeding employees.
For more information, contact the Commission. Learn more about the benefits of supporting
breastfeeding employees here:
Link to The Business Case for Breastfeeding Employers and employees: find
out more about the needs and rights of moms returning to work here:
Vermont Workplaces Support Nursing Moms (PDF)
History Project Site
Learn more about our
Vermont Women's History Project
Survey Says: Vermont Girls Speak Out About Money Matters!
Results of this spring's 4th annual statewide e-survey
of Vermont middle and high school girls in collaboration with the The Girl Scouts
of the Green and White Mountains (serving New Hampshire and Vermont)
Money Matters Results
VCW SoundBite
Read how Commissioners and Advisors
define our work
The Vermont Commission on Women joins its counterparts nationally and internationally in seeking to help women and their families gain access to the rights, privileges, and resources needed to live in justice, dignity, freedom, equality, and economic
security.
What we do...
The Commission is a state agency helping women achieve legal, economic, social, and political equality in Vermont. We act as an advisor, planner, and information source for the legislature on issues affecting women. We function as an educational resource by conducting research, producing publications, and providing conferences and workshops. We work in coalition with other organizations to exchange information and take action for Vermont's women. We also provide information and referrals to the general public.
History
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy established the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. Following his lead, Governor Phillip Hoff founded in 1964 the Vermont Commission on Women. He authorized the Commission to conduct research on “how discrimination was occurring, how women’s roles were changing, documenting the needs of working women and their children, and supporting a more active role for women in the political life of the state.” The Commission remains the only state agency singularly focused on women’s issues, and it continues to evolve and respond to the needs of Vermont women.
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