It was a cold, rainy Saturday morning, but that didn’t stop nearly 400 enthusiastic and energetic high school girls and their mothers from gathering in East San Jose on March 9 to learn from their peers and to hear from policymakers. The seventh annual Strong Girls, Strong Women Conference was organized by the County of…
Protima Pandey: An eventful start and ‘miles to go’ t was an eventful start for Protima Pandey as she stepped into her role as director of the Office of Women’s Policy for the County of Santa Clara at the beginning of 2018. Women and their supporters throughout the country had recently marched in protest of…
Striking a blow against domestic violence After years of stagnant annual funding of less than $1 million, the Board of Supervisors recently pumped $5 million into combatting intimate partner violence. Supervisors Cindy Chavez and Ken Yeager, who spearheaded the 400 percent increase, say that level of support, if sustained, could change everything. Advocates agree. “How…
