Maine Women's Lobby
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Maine Women's Lobby was founded in 1978 and is dedicated to legislative action on behalf of Maine women and girls. The Maine Women's Lobby believes that women and girls should have economic security, access to health care, and freedom from violence and discrimination.
The Maine Women's Policy Center is the sister organization to the Maine Women's Lobby and is dedicated to creating equality for Maine's women and girls. It holds four main areas to be the focus of its goals: economic security, civil rights, freedom from violence, and secure health care and reproductive rights.
The Maine Women's Policy Center was founded in 1990 to improve the economic, social, and political status of women and girls in Maine through public policy and leadership development.
The Maine Women's Policy Center is committed to systemic change. For sixteen years the organization has trained, organized, and supported women to effectively participate in the policy-making process. The MWPC has consistently backed up women's real life experiences with research and facts, and partnered with its sister organization, the Maine Women's Lobby, to amplify their concerns in the legislature and develop policy solutions that address their needs. The MWPC especially seeks to serve those women who are underrepresented in the formation of public policy - particularly rural women and women with low incomes.
