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In the Washington metropolitan region, nearly half a million women and girls are living in or near poverty. We all have a stake in building the economic security of our region’s women and girls. The Women’s Foundation works to mobilize our community and provide solutions to eliminate the persistent barriers that disproportionately hinder women and girls from achieving economic security.

Food Stamp Challenge: My math skills prevail!

On Sunday, I went to the grocery store to prepare for my week of participation in the Food Stamp Challenge, where I’ll be eating this week

Women's Health Week inspires concern, hope, action

Kicked off on Mother’s Day, the week of May 13-19 was National Women’s Health Week, which was also honored here in Washington, D.C. I’ve

Nisha prepares for D.C. Food Stamp Challenge…

In preparation for the Food Stamp Challenge next week, the policy wonk in me is coming out. I wrote a paper with some colleagues

News and Views of Note: Week of May 28, 2007

See below for a round-up of what was news this week in the world of philanthropy, social change and women and girls in the

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the realities of our region…

As Asian Pacific American Heritage Month draws to a close, I thought it was worth revisiting a few statistics from The Portrait Project about Asian

Research Briefing Recap: Early education about location, location, location.

If you’re a low-income single mother, or, for that matter, a low-income married parent, one piece of bad news about trying to raise your

Research Briefing Recap: How a research briefing was born…

On May 11, The Urban Institute and Washington Area Women’s Foundation hosted the second annual Stepping Stones Research Briefing, an event bringing together researchers,

Street Sense vendor finds a stepping stone in Goodwill training course.

I thought I’d welcome summer this weekend with an afternoon stop in Dupont Circle to enjoy the weather and do some reading (i.e. people

News and Views of Note: Week of May 21, 2007

See below for a round-up of what was news this week in the world of philanthropy, social change and women and girls in the

Research Briefing Recap: Lisa Claudy Fleischman on learning through a gender lens.

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