Latest Achievements

The Commission on Gender Equity and the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence led NYC's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign between November 25th and December 10th, 2018. You can combat gender-based violence year-round in your community. Take a look at our Campaign Recap to learn more!

Commission on Gender Equity releases 2018 - 2021 Strategic Plan–Advancing Gender Equity in New York City–which announces the Commission's goals and strategies to advance gender equity in New York City through the remainder of the de Blasio administration. The plan also identifies lead initiatives which will be the initial programmatic focus of each strategy.

The plan also introduces the City's first-ever Gender Equity Inter-Agency Partnership, aimed at helping develop an integrated and sustainable approach to achieving gender equity in NYC. The group is comprised of senior-level agency representatives from City agencies. Read the CGE 2018 - 2021 Strategic Plan here

In July 2018, the Sexual Health Education Task Force released its final findings report about the state of sexual health education in New York City schools. The report outlines 11 recommendations under the following categories:

• Prioritize a culture of sexual wellness and inclusivity in all schools
• Ensure all students are served by well-equipped and supported health education instructors
• Improve the content, substance, and methods of sexual health education
• Strengthen accountability and reporting

This report is a culmination of work done by 28 members of the task force, appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in September 2017. The task force was chaired by Jacqueline Ebanks, Executive Director of the Commission on Gender Equity. Task force members included students, educators, sexual health education experts and experts in the field of LGBTQ and gender non-conforming health education, among others.

Read the Sexual Health Education Task Force's report to learn more about its recommendations to improve health education in New York City schools.

In February 2018, the Commission on Gender Equity released its first Annual Report and a new publication Leveling the Paying Field: Best Practices for Gender Pay Equity in the Workplace.

Annual Report

CGE's first Annual Report shares highlights of the Commission's first 30 months of operation. Between June 2015, when it was established by Mayor Bill de Blasio, and December 2017, CGE,

• built its capacity to carry out its mandate by appointing commissioners, hiring staff, identifying areas of focus, establishing work groups to conduct deeper research and analysis, and developing inter-agency staff partnerships to integrate the gender lens across city agencies,
• established inter-agency and cross-sector collaborations to work on a variety of programmatic initiatives
• engaged and educated the public on matters related to gender equity
• engaged the philanthropic community to raise critical financial resources to advance its work
• recommended and advocated for policies that advance gender equity.

Read CGE's first Annual Report to learn more about its work to advance gender equity in the City.

Leveling the Paying Field: Best Practices for Gender Pay Equity in the Workplace is the City's resource guide to advance pay equity in the workplace. The report describes various public policies that remove barriers to pay equity and delineates action steps that employers, from all sectors, can take to achieve pay equity in the workplace. Read "Leveling the Paying Field" to learn ways to promote pay equity in the workplace.