October 16, 2024
(Montpelier) –The Office of the Governor of Vermont has appointed Aleta Sprague of Dorset to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), the state’s non-partisan commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls.
Aleta Sprague is a researcher and attorney whose career has focused on how public policy can address inequality, poverty, and structural discrimination. In her current role at the WORLD Policy Analysis Center, Aleta leads legal analysis and communications and oversees a project portfolio examining the role of laws and policies in advancing or undermining social and economic equality, both within the U.S. and globally. Aleta has co-authored two books, over 20 peer-reviewed articles, and numerous opinion pieces in outlets including the Washington Post and the Atlantic. Her most recent book, Equality within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide (UC Press, 2023), explores how countries around the world are addressing critical topics including girls’ education, employment discrimination of all kinds, sexual harassment, and caregiving needs across the life course.
Previously, Aleta led research on how to design a more robust and racially just social safety net at New America, a public policy think tank. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Health Justice, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that serves incarcerated people and those newly re-entering their communities. Aleta received her BA from NYU and her JD from UCLA School of Law, with a specialization in critical race studies. She lives in Dorset with her husband and two daughters, where she enjoys exploring local trails with her kids and their cousins, lifting heavy weights, and baking through the seasons.
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The Vermont Commission on Women (VCW) is an independent non-partisan state commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls. Sixteen volunteer commissioners and representatives from organizations concerned with women's issues guide VCW's public education, coalition building, and advocacy efforts.
(Montpelier) –The Office of the Governor of Vermont has appointed Kate Lucier of Underhill to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), the state’s non-partisan commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls.
Montpelier, VT — The Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), a non-partisan state commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls, welcomed staff member Emily R. O’Hara as their new Communications and Outreach Coordinator. E.R. O’Hara will contribute to VCW’s mission of advancing rights and opportunities for women, girls, and gender-expansive people in Vermont.
VCW is cosponsor of this event and VCW Executive Director Cary Brown is moderator. The following press release is courtesy of League of Women Voters of Vermont.
The League of Women Voters of Vermont will host an in-person Candidates Forum for Attorney General on Thursday, September 29 at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, from 7:00-8:30 pm. A meet-and-greet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
(VCW is cosponsor of this event. The following press release is courtesy of League of Women Voters of Vermont.)
The League of Women Voters of Vermont will host an in-person Candidates Forum for the office of Lieutenant Governor on Wednesday, September 21 at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, from 7:00-8:30 pm. A meet-and-greet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
(Montpelier) – The Senate Committee on Committees has appointed Alex Hilliard of Poultney to serve on the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), the state’s non-partisan commission working to advance rights and opportunities for women and girls.
(Montpelier) - The Vermont Commission on Women has just released Latina (Un)Equal Pay, the fifth in a series of podcast conversations examining the ways sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism intersect, creating much larger wage gaps for women of color, women living with disabilities, and members of our LGBTQ+ community.
Sarah Launderville, Executive Director of the Vermont Center for Independent Living, moderates this dialogue with guests Deborah Lisi-Baker, Winnie Looby, Cara Sachs, and Laura Siegel in the new podcast in the Vermont Commission on Women’s (Un)Equal Pay Day series.
(Montpelier) - Pandemic-related disruptions in school and child care; inequitable divisions of household labor; increases in depression, anxiety, and substance use; and economic concerns greatly impacted Vermonters in the last year, according to a just-released survey about the impacts of COVID-19 on American households.
(Montpelier, VT) - The Vermont Commission on Women (VCW), state government’s independent non-partisan commission advancing rights and opportunities for Vermont women and girls, begins work this fall under a new leadership structure, broadening from one to three Chairs. Lisa Senecal was re-elected to the position and is joined by fellow Commissioners Kiah Morris and Kellie B. Campbell.
(Montpelier) - HB Lozito, the Executive Director of Out in the Open and Representative Taylor Small, the Pride Center of Vermont’s Director of Health & Wellness speak with Vermont Commission on Women (VCW) Commissioner Sarah Mell in this third podcast in the Commission’s Equal Pay Day series.
