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Commission on the Status of Women asks committee to consider renaming, broadened charter language
Summary
The Commission on the Status of Women proposed changing its name to the Commission on Gender Equity and updating its bylaws to include transgender and other marginalized gender identities; committee members suggested language tweaks and a timeline for edits and public hearing in January or February.
Members of Norwalk's Commission on the Status of Women presented the panel’s recent work and a proposed name change to the Ordinance Committee on Dec. 17, asking the body to consider renaming the commission "Commission on Gender Equity" and updating bylaws to explicitly include transgender and other marginalized gender identities.
Christina Testabuzzi,…
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