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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.

— Plans for a new development in western Montgomery County are widening a rift between the east and west sides of the county.  Residents

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

— As the region continues to dig out after this past weekend’s snowstorm, local officials are starting to open up shelters for residents whose

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

— In Ward 8, where the unemployment rate is at about 25 percent, residents are hopeful for more job prospects as a new Opportunities Center opens

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

— Fairfax County is relying on a nonprofit to help fight the spread of gangs in the area.  Northern Virginia Family Service — a

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

— The founder of one of our Grantee Partners has been named a “History Maker in the Making!”  Dr. Satira Streeter of Ascensions Psychological

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

— In a letter to the editor in today’s Washington Post, the D.C. Employment Justice Center — one of our Grantee Partners — clears

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

— Hundreds of women gathered in Rockville for the Women’s Legislative Briefing.  Up for discussion — legislative proposals that could affect the lives of

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

— Ex-convicts are hopeful as they apply for temporary census jobs after the Census Bureau says less-severe transgressions may not cause someone to be automatically

The State of *Our* Union

At last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama took the opportunity to hit the reset button on his presidency and propose a

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

— Homeless outreach workers have started their annual census, counting the number of people living in shelters, transitional housing and on the streets.  In