lupe rodriguez: thank you for having me. damian: talk about the effort here.hat are we trying to accomplish? and, how are you--how is the commission and other agencies trying to reward employers who kind of have a family-friendly atmosphere? lupe: right, well, so the award that we're talking about today is called, "the family-friendly workplace award. and, as you mentioned, it was sort of thought of the commission on the status of women and the office of women's

lupe rodriguez: thank you for having me. damian: talk about the effort here. what are we trying to accomplish? and, how are you--how is the commission and other agencies trying to reward employers who kind of have a family-friendly atmosphere? lupe: right, well, so the award that we're talking about today is called, "the family-friendly workplace award. and, as you mentioned, it was sort of thought of the commission on the status of women and the office of women's policy, as well as other departments, the george and katharine alexander law center, which does a lot of employment law. so, it was a thought, sort of our brain child in order to reward employers in the county of santa clara that are doing right by their employees, basically, that are providing environments that are supportive of them, and their families-- damian: what--give us some examples of that. what are we talking about here? lupe: so, the award has three different criteria. we're looking at things like pregnancy and parenting leave. so, accommodations in facility that they offer their employee

con nosotros está lupe rodríguez que es la presidente de la comisión del bienestar de las mujeres del

con nosotros está lupe rodríguez que es la presidente de la comisión del bienestar de las mujeres del clara. >> lupe: sí, muchas gracias. >> damián: gracias por estar aquí, bueno, platíquenos primero de su organización, la comisión para el bienestar de las mujeres. >> lupe: la comisión para el bienestar de las mujeres es parte del condado de santa clara, somos una comisión que tenemos 14 personas que son de la comunidad, no nos pagan, algunos somos voluntarias. hacemos ese trabajo para apoyar y abogar en el condado para las mujeres y para las niñas; entonces, viendo pólizas, leyes y otro tipo de ordenanzas que hay en el condado, que apoyen el bienestar de las mujeres y de las niñas, y bueno, en general, a las familias, eso es algo importante para nosotros. >> damián: estamos viendo videos de mujeres, personas trabajando en su empresa, en su negocio, ahora ustedes quieren premiar a empresas que estén honrando la responsabilidad de la familia, platíquenos de qué se trata este premio. >> lupe: sí, exactamente. el premio se llama, bueno, en inglés: family friendly workplace awards, en esp