Do you have compelling new research findings about what helps low-income women with children achieve economic security and financial independence – even in these difficult economic times? Would you like to share them with the community of Washington Area Women’s Foundation?
If you answered yes to these questions, please consider presenting your research at the annual Washington Area Women’s Foundation Stepping Stones Research Briefing, scheduled for the morning of Friday, May 7, 2010, at The Urban Institute in downtown Washington, D.C.
Stepping Stones is The Women’s Foundation’s multi-year initiative focused on increasing the economic security and financial independence of low-income, women-headed families in the Washington metropolitan area. The Stepping Stones Research Briefing provides an opportunity for The Women’s Foundation and its partners to learn about the latest research that can inform their work supporting this population.
This is the fifth year that The Women’s Foundation and The Urban Institute will co-sponsor the research briefing. The first four briefings each drew an audience of more than 100, including representatives from community-based organizations, funders, government agencies and research institutions.
If you are interested in presenting at this year’s briefing, please submit an abstract of your research and findings (no more than 1,000 words) to Peter Tatian at The Urban Institute by 5:00 pm on Friday, March 12, 2010. Abstracts should make clear how the research is relevant to issues facing low-income, women-headed families and those who are working to assist them.
This year, we are particularly interested in abstracts related to how best to re-imagine/re-engineer this work in light of the new economic reality, including submissions on:
- Demographic and economic conditions for women
- Successful approaches to building income and assets in the current economy
- The role of public benefits as income and work supports, including child care, transportation and worker training
- Workforce development and emerging employment sectors
- Early care and education
- Health and safety, particularly as affected by social determinants (such as place, race, gender, age/aging)
Final selection of presenters will be made by March 31, 2010.
Copies of all presentations, as well as audio recordings of the entire event, will be posted on The Urban Institute’s web site after the event. Presentations from last year’s research briefing can be found by clicking here.
Questions: Address them to Peter Tatian at The Urban Institute or Gwen Rubinstein at The Women’s Foundation.
Even if you don’t have research to present please do mark your calendar to save the date and plan to attend!
Gwen Rubinstein is a Program Officer at Washington Area Women’s Foundation.
