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Compiling Oklahoma law significantly impacting the lives of Oklahoma women and girls
In the fall of 2005, the Women's Foundation of Oklahoma provided a grant to Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. to undertake "a complete inventory of all resources available to girls and women in Oklahoma who become involved with the civil and/or criminal justice system."
They will also prepare "a summary of all Oklahoma law affecting women in the vital areas if education; employment; domestic relations; domestic violence; probate and estates; insurance; criminal justice; government benefits; consumer protection and housing."
Legal Aid Services is convening interested parties, working with law schools, producing a final report and making recommendations "to further gender equity in Oklahama."
On March 29, 2006, the first "Stakeholders Meeting" was held to bring together intereted organizations and individuals. Brief minutes of that meeting are available for review. Forty-three individuals attended representing the following organizations: Asian Society of Oklahoma, Catholic Charities, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Girl Scouts of Magic Empire Council, Girls Scouts of Redlands Council, Governor's Brad Henry's Office, The Journal Record, The Kerr Foundation, Inc., Latino Community Develpment Agency, National Education for Women's (N.E.W.) Leadership, Northeastern State Uniersity, Oklahoma Cinese Cultural Center, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Oklahoa Criminal Justice Resource Center, Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, Oklahoma League of Women Voters, Oklahoma Nurses Association, Oklahoma Women's Almanac, Oklahoma Women's Justice Project, Oklahoma Women's Network, Oklahoma State University, Resonance, University of Tulsa College of Law, Women's Foundation of Oklahoma, Women's Resource Center - University of Oklahoma, YWCA of Oklahoma City.
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Help identify laws/programs that discriminate against women and girls! Tell the Okahoma Women's Justice Project what you know about the areas they are researching. Sign up to receive notices about future OWJP meetings. Contact the director of the Oklahoma Women's Justice Project:
Gayle Machell
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
2901 Classen Blvd, Suite 110
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
405-488-6118
405-524-1257 FAX
gayla.machell@laok.org
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