Washington Area Women’s Foundation leaders are experts on a range of issues of interest to the media, including the status of low-income women in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, projects and organizations in the area focused on addressing their needs and women-centered philanthropy.

The following are archived media materials featuring our work and interviews with members of our community.  They are organized by subject area.  

For information or to arrange interviews, contact Lisa Kays at lkays@wawf.org or 202.347.7737.

About Washington Area Women’s Foundation

Washington Woman: "Washington Area Women’s Foundation: The Power of Giving Together"
In April 2006, Carrie Smoot with Washington Woman documented the history, growth and impact of The Women’s Foundation.  Among those quoted: U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA); Anne Mosle, president of The Women’s Foundation; Joan Kuriansky, executive director of Wider Opportunities for Women; and, members of The Women’s Foundation’s board and giving circles.  Read the full article.

Women and Girls in Our Region

WETA: The Intersection: "Women the Key to Ending Poverty?"
Marjorie Sims, vice-president of programs and operations at The Women’s Foundation, discussed our report, A Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area and how it showed that women are the key to ending poverty.  The show aired on August 16, 2006 on WETA’s program, The Intersection.   

Economic and Job Security for Local Women 

Washington Post: "A Real Say, and Real Issues, for Washington Women"
In this August 27, 2006 op-ed in the Washington Post, Anne Mosle, president of The Women’s Foundation, outlined the role that women could play as voters in electing leaders who were committed to creating better jobs and economic opportunities for women in our region.  "Elected leaders should be talking about creating new opportunities in the workforce," Anne writes.  "If government and the private sector, including nonprofit groups, work together, we can develop training programs to meet the needs of workers and employers. We can also take steps to help more working parents go back to school, get a GED or a college degree, and prepare themselves to advance in the workplace."  Read the full op-ed. 

Washingtonian: Letter to the Editor from Anne Mosle
This January 2006 letter to the editor by Anne Mosle, president of The Women’s Foundation, discusses the importance of benefits such as on-site childcare, subsidized child and dependent care, flexible schedules and paid family and medical leave to the workforce in terms of support to working families–many of which are headed by women–and to the efficiency and bottom line of the companies that provide them.  Read the full letter. 

Washington Post: "Women Soaring or Struggling, Study Says"
This May 7, 2003 article in the Washington Post documents the findings of The Portrait Project.  Read the full article.

Women and Philanthropy

Chronicle of Philanthropy: "The Power of the Purse: Self-made women are making their mark on philanthropy"
In this February 15, 2005 article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy that documents the growth in women’s philanthropy, Anne Mosle, president of The Women’s Foundation, says, "This is a historic-shift moment.  Pressing needs and thousands of powerful women are converging."  Read the full article.  

Washington Business Journal: "Unleashing Philanthropy, Power of Women"
In this guest column in the Washington Business Journal, Anne Mosle, president of The Women’s Foundation, calls upon women in the Washington metropolitan area to join the powerful wave of philanthropy by women, for women and documents the potential that women have as philanthropists and leaders to change their community.  Read the full column.