TO: Beijing Conference Action and Resource Network FROM: Judy Kramer UPDATE #16 August 10, 1997 This issue includes two events for Women's Equality Day--Aug. 26. This day commemorates women winning the right to vote in 1920 and recognizes the continuing efforts toward full equality. The San Francisco event features the public unveiling of the California Women's Agenda created a year ago at the statewide CAWA Assembly. The South Bay event is a breakfast featuring Dr. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie speaking on "Women in Science." CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S AGENDA CALL TO ACTION AND MEDIA BRIEFING Tuesday, August 26, 9:30 a.m. Thoreau Center for Sustainability Tides Center Conference Room The Presidio, Building 1014, San Francisco Sponsored by Women's Intercultural Network, Resourceful Women, and the Tides Foundation Please join us to celebrate the publication of CAWA, the California Women's Agenda Report and Plan of Action and take it forward at an issue briefing with the media followed by a Reception in the Resourceful Women Conference Room , Building 1016, 2nd Floor RSVP by August 22, 1997 to: The Women's Intercultural Network Contact: Marilyn Fowler, (415) 221-4841, Fax : (415) 221-4989, e-mail: EQUALITY DAY BREAKFAST Equality Day Breakfast--San Jose Tuesday, August 26, 7:30--9 am San Jose Hyatt, Mediterranean Center, at 1740 N. First Street, San Jose Tickets are $35 until August 20, $38 at the door Sponsored by the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women. For more information, call 408-299-3131. The speaker is Dr. Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, author of "Women in Science" and curator of the History of Science Collection at the University of Oklahoma. She will share her historical and futuristic perspectives on women in the fields of science and technology. EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES WEB SITE Check out the web site of Equal Rights Advocates, a women's law center based in San Francisco. The site features a "know your rights" page, "real stories," an e-mail newsletter, a "news flash" section, and a links directory. Look for the extensive listing of web sites of interest to women and girls on the Beijing Conference Action and Resource Network web site at Many thanks to Judi Clark for keeping our page current! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This online update, published weekly in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, covers events, resources, and information related to follow-up to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women and the issues covered in the Platform for Action document. You are encouraged to send in information and news to Judy Kramer . Past updates are available on the web at