May is National Osteoporosis Month The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that osteoporosis and low bone mass affect 54 million Americans over the age of 50. Osteoporosis causes an estimated two million broken bones each year, and the aftereffects are often...
You have seen the numbers. No matter which organization is publishing the statistics, Georgia is always listed in the top 5 places in the United States for sex trafficking, particularly Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST). There are many reasons for this. Our...
The Georgia Commission on Women has been involved in the issue of human trafficking for many years, so when Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols’s office asked us to assist with his “Unholy Tour of Atlanta,” we jumped at the chance to be involved. For the past...
This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war, and we need to fight it with all of our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used. – Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942 I just...
Ballot initiative Safe Harbor Yes is vitally important for getting victims the help they need. A favorite annual event that I attend as part of the Georgia Commission on Women is DMST Lobby Day at the State Capitol. Lobby Day is hosted each February by Street...
I have known many formidable women in my time, but none can hold a candle to the force of nature that is Nellie Dunaway Duke. Governor Deal’s office called me almost four years ago to ask me to consider accepting an appointment to the Georgia Commission on Women. I...
The Georgia Senate Women’s Adequate Healthcare Study Committee met on November 9, 2015 at the State Capitol. Again they heard from state experts on women’s access to healthcare in Georgia, but this time the presenters focused on women’s healthcare...
The Senate Women’s Adequate Healthcare Study Committee met on October 26, 2015 at the Tift Regional Health Center in Tifton, GA to discuss women’s access to healthcare in rural Georgia. Dr. Paul Browne and Dr. Chadburn Ray of Medical College of Georgia...
Diseases That Predominantly Affect Women The Georgia Senate Women’s Adequate Healthcare Study Committee met at Augusta University in Augusta, GA on October 6, 2015. The Study Committee heard from experts about the top health concerns affecting women in the...
The Georgia House Study Committee on Children’s Mental Health held their second meeting on October 20, 2015. They heard presentations from Amerigroup Georgia, Georgia Department of Community Health, Peach State Health Plan, and Well Care Health Plans, Inc....