Women and Family Issues

The League of Women Voters is seeking members who are interested in joining a statewide Women and Family Issues Committee. If interested, please contact the state office at kmbutch@lwvnj.org.

Human Trafficking

On Saturday, April 21 the League of Women Voters of New Jersey and the Rutgers University Campus Coalition Against Trafficking held a forum, "Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking in New Jersey". Read about the event here.

Human Trafficking Resources:

• Understanding and Combating Human Trafficking  - Sanctuary for Families
• New Jersey's toll free 24/7 hotline to report suspicions of human trafficking:
      877-986-7534
• National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline:  1-888-3737-888
• Outreach and Awareness Materials   -  Polaris Project
• Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking  -
      U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Suggested Reading

Women's Health - Restore Funding For Family Planning Services

Stop Playing Politics With Women's Health

• Child Care: Promote state efforts to increase the availability of quality child care service.
• Domestic Violence: Support measures that protect victims and survivors.
• Family Life Education: Support the teaching of comprehensive family life education in the public schools.
• Legal Status of Women: Promote laws that protect the rights of women. Support revisions of property and inheritance laws, expeditious and less costly divorce procedures, equitable distribution statutes, strengthening of laws regarding disclosure of assets and methods for collecting support payments.
• Reproductive Rights/Public Policy on Abortion: Support the right of the individual to make the choice of whether or not to terminate a pregnancy.