| Minors are almost twice as likely to have low-birth weight babies. The hospital delivery charges for very low-birth weight babies averaged $75,000 in 2004 compared with $1,200 for babies considered healthy weights. |
| Advancing women's health by creating an environment in which the public and elected officials confidently support women's health policy. |
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|  | | Establishing a new alliance | | Since July 2004, we have been laying the foundation for an independent, statewide alliance to broaden the base of awareness of and support for reproductive health as a critical component of women’s health in Wisconsin.
Reason to Act: Access to quality women’s health is being threatened by an anti reproductive health Legislature, a disengaged public, and a few well organized, well funded opposition groups currently controlling the public debate.
What to Do: Broaden the base of awareness of and support for reproductive health care information and access in Wisconsin. Become a catalyst for reclaiming the public debate and gain earned media coverage.
How to Do It: Create and empower a broad alliance of organizational voices from around the state to raise awareness, share resources and information, and increase advocacy efforts to protect women’s health.
In the early months of this effort, staff began to compile an extensive list of organizations and individuals likely to be interested in the Alliance or whose involvement could be critical to its success. Non-traditional partners were recruited to participate in the “vision building” listening sessions to ensure that their perspectives were incorporated in the Alliance’s development. |
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Our Logo | | | Special thanks to Cricket Designs for developing the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health logo. | |  |
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| Our Image Library | | | Special thanks to David Nevala for creating the image library for the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health. |
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| Our Development | | Special thanks to A.B. Orlik with Writing Barefoot for providing her communication consulting services throughout the development of WAWH.
And to Michelle Meyer with 1st Contact for assisting with the development of the WAWH Outreach Database. |
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| Our Support | | | Special thanks to the Brico Fund, LLC for their generous support of WAWH's efforts. |
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