Washington Area Women's Foundation

Weekly Round-Up: News and Analysis on Women and Poverty (Week ending November 6, 2009)

The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with The Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on women and poverty.  Spotlight is the go-to site for news and ideas about fighting poverty.

Here’s this week’s news:

• The Miami Herald interviews Andrea Ivory, a cancer survivor who could win $100,000 from CNN for her organization, which helps uninsured and low-income women get mammograms.

• In an opinion article in the News Journal, Susan Reimer discuses a study’s conclusion that women living below the poverty-line or from single parent households are not the only ones who should be concerned about teen pregnancy.

• The New York Times reports the closing of the luxurious Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, which was dedicated to helping its clientele of poor and mostly immigrant women on Medicaid.

• The Des Moines Register published a story about Frances Marks, who may have been dead for nearly a week before being found  in her apartment in a facility that caters to low-income residents.

• After her autistic brother received help from the non-profit “New Alternatives for Children,” 10-year-old Dayzha Torres tells the New York Times that she no longer spends sleepless nights in her subsidized Bronx apartment.

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