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0 <br />4'--- --~ Formatted: Right: 0.25" <br />Improving the economic cirewnstances of women by: <br />- providing career counseling that will make women and girls aware oi'the changin7 <br />job market; <br />- assurin~7 access to job training and placemenC services <br />- advocating better enforcement of Federally-mandated fender equity programs that <br />encourage women to enter non-U•aditional and higher paying occupations <br />- encouragim,? and supporting women who want to start their own businesses <br />- advocatin;J~ay equity For individuals and ~y for comparable worth For groups of <br />women at public and private sector workplaces <br />- encouraging and recogni-r_ing lamily-friendlyplovers <br />Buildinv and maintaining affordable housing. <br />Ensuring that all girls and women who are incarcerated are treated humanely and with <br />respect, and have access to legal assistance, education and iob training=. <br />Traininr; and education ofall people, especially men and boys, to create more allies in the <br />work to the end the opLession of all women and girls. <br />ARTICLE II1. PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this Commission shall be to promote the growth and development of all <br />Orange County Women by serving as the official advisory body on the status of women to the <br />Orange County Board of Commission by: <br />1. Identifying the status of women in Orange County by assembling information and <br />conducting original research; <br />2. Disseminating information on the status of women; <br />3. Recommending through resolutions appropriate actions regarding the status of <br />women; <br />4. Increasing public understanding of the problems, needs, and abilities of women; <br />5. Serving as a referral center for existing county services and as a clearinghouse of <br />information regarding the problems of women; and <br />6. Preparing a biennial report to the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br />ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP <br />Deleted: Ii <br />SECTION 1. NUMBER AND QUALIFICATIONS. The Commission shall be composed of <br />twenty (20) Orange County residents appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. The <br />Commission seeks a diverse membership representative of the population of Orange County. <br />