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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.

The Daily Rundown — The Latest News Affecting Women & Girls in Our Region

In today’s rundown: The launch of a new effort to focus the 2010 election season on the damaging effects of poverty in D.C. |

The Daily Rundown — The Latest News Affecting Women & Girls in Our Region

In today’s rundown: The health care bill and you; a call to help single moms at welfare hearings; a new report on why there

Teen Unemployment:Opportunities Plummet for Youngest Workers

Earlier this week we learned that the unemployment rate continued to climb in December, breaking records in Washington, DC for the number of jobless

Unemployment Rate for Single Moms Reaches 25 Year High

Now that we know the facts, what are we going to do? From all reports, our current recession was supposed to be friendlier to

A New Year's Wish List for Economic Justice

9 Things We Can Do to Ensure Economic Justice for Women What we are told about recessions is weird. For most of 2007, Bush

Weekly Round-Up: News and Analysis on Women and Poverty (Week ending December 4, 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

The Unheard Story of Employment — Shouldn't having a full-time job mean not having to live in poverty?

Unemployment has been a particularly relevant topic in this time of economic downturn, and it garnered even more attention last week when the Department

D.C. Government Slashes Funding for Some of the City's Most Vulnerable Women

Days after the District made the shocking announcement that $20 million had been cut from the homeless services budget for the 2010 fiscal year, advocates

Making the case for opportunity and assets for D.C.'s most economically vulnerable.

A report released by CFED (Corporation for Enterprise Development) today provides more evidence that the economic security and mobility of a growing number of

How about Cars for People Who Need Them But Can't Afford Them Day?

Today is Car Free Day, an international event celebrated every September 22nd that encourages people to leave their car at home. Our region signed

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Washington Area Women’s Foundation mobilizes our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls of color in the Washington, D.C. region have the resources they need to thrive. Since 1998, The Women’s Foundation has worked to transform the lives of women and girls in our region and across the world.

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712 H Street NE,

Suite 1099

Washington, DC 20002

T: (202) 347-7737
E: info@wawf.org

Tax ID:52-2028612

Washington Area Women’s Foundation mobilizes our community to ensure women and girls of color in the Washington metropolitan area have the resources they need to thrive. Since 1998,
The Women’s Foundation has worked to transform the lives of women and girls in our region and across the world.