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At the Women's Agenda Assemblies in the Fall/Winter of 2004-2005, small groups
of women discussed public policy issues as they affect their lives and voted to
indicate which issues were most important to them-Here are the rankings of the
issues from the different assemblies that have been reported to NC Women United:
New Issues
The following issues emerged and will be considered for future agendas:
Women and the draft
Education
Day care
Environment impact on economic and health issues
Inheritance laws
Sex education (comprehensive)
Sentencing of women
Single mothers - issues impacting them
Women in prisons
Education of Hispanic women
Child support laws
Alamance County
1-Access to Healthcare
2-Economic Self-Sufficiency
3-Aging
4-Pay Equity
5-Mental Health
Buncombe County
1-Economic Self-sufficiency
2-Violence Against Women
3-Access to Healthcare
4-Civic Participation & Equality
Caldwell County
1-Economic Self-sufficiency
2-Access to Health Care
3-Civic Participation & Equality
4-Violence Against Women
Cumberland County
1-Domestic Violence
2-Child Abuse and Neglect
3-Adolescent/Teen Pregnancy
4-Substance Abuse
5-Mental Health
6-Economic Self-sufficiency
7-HIV/AIDS
8-Access to Health Care
9-Sexual Assault
Durham County
1-Access to HealthCare
2-Civil Participation & Economic Equality*
2-Economic Self-sufficiency*
4-Violence Against Women
5-Education
*tie
Mecklenburg County
1-Access to Health Care
2-Domestic Violence
3-Economic Self-sufficiency
4-Equal Political Representation
5-Mental Health
6-Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Rowan County
1-Access to Healthcare
2-Economic Self-sufficiency
3-Violence Against Women
4-Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
5-Aging
6-Civic Participation & Equality
Wake County
1-Economic Self-sufficiency
2-Access to Healthcare
3-Violence Against Women
4-Civic Participation & Equality
5-Education
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