The Tulsa Women’s Commission is a group of mayoral appointed volunteers established by City Ordinance. The Commission primarily serves in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council by conducting research, recommending policies, programs, and initiatives, and directly advocating for women in the Tulsa area.
The Tulsa Women’s Commission is staffed by The Mayor's Office of Resilience and Equity (MORE) and contributes to the City of Tulsa's Resilience Strategy pillar to build an inclusive future that honors all Tulsans and celebrates our diversity. The Resilience Plan serves as a roadmap to address Tulsa's most pressing challenges and seeks to build capacity among residents, city systems, and community partners to build a more resilient and equitable city.
The Commission is made up of 15 members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council.
TWC will dedicate 2025 to better understanding several multifaceted challenges that impact women and how support can be provided to lessen the impact. The commission will dive into each topic in a three-month term of inquiry, culminating in a memo that synthesizes learnings.
The three strategic focus areas include:
The Commission studied Tulsa’s Child Care crisis, painfully present during and after the pandemic, that is affecting working families in the Tulsa area and disparately affecting Tulsa’s women and our local economy.
Tulsa Women's Commission Childcare Report | City of Tulsa Human Resources Childcare Initiatives and Opportunities
Pay Equity Pledge - Women in Tulsa County still only earn 84 cents to every dollar earned by men. To combat this inequality, the Tulsa Women's Commission created the a "Pay Equity Pledge," which is designed to highlight employers who are committed to closing this gap. Companies and organizations that take the Mayor’s Pay Equity Pledge agree to: 1) Ban questions about previous salary history to candidates for hire or promotion; 2) Commit to ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion training for employees responsible for recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and promoting; and 3) Review employee pay to ensure compliance with the Equal Pay Act.
To learn more and have your organization sign the pledge click here.
The Tulsa Women’s Commission meetings are held at 12 p.m. on the first Friday of every month (except July and December), City Hall, located at 175 East 2nd Street, 4th Floor, Committee Room.
For more information about the TWC, please email the Mayor's Office of Resilience and Equity at: [email protected]. The staff liaison will direct your question to the Commission. Meetings are open to the public or you can follow on TGOV Online. For a list of meetings for the year and agendas, please visit: Agendas
To access past meeting minutes please visit: Meeting Minutes
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