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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.

— Unemployment among single mothers is at a 25-year high and the job outlook for our area is mixed. According to the Institute for

All the Pretty Colors — Women's Bizarre Facebook Updates Explained. Sort of.

If you’re on Facebook, you may have noticed some strange, unexplained status updates from your female (and adventurous male) friends. Thousands of people are

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

— Metro may raise fares ten cents on buses and trains this spring to help balance its budget. Other options include cutting service, which

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

— If you live or shop in the District, you’ve probably already had to shell out a few nickels to buy bags since the five

A Model to Build On? How the Dallas PD Offers Sex Workers a Chance to Change Their Lives

There’s a saying that “everything’s better in Texas.” I’ve never been, so I don’t know about everything, but I do know that the Dallas

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

— The D.C. region’s unemployment level dipped slightly in November from 6.2 percent to 6.1 percent. For more details, including how our area compares with

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

The Daily Rundown — The latest news affecting women & girls in our region.

Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/the Washington Post — Students at an all-girls school in Montgomery County are getting hands-on experience in the male-dominated field of engineering.

The Daily Rundown — The latest news affecting women & girls in our region.

— What can we do to help the District’s at-risk children? Children’s Law Center’s Judith Sandalow calls for the city to make room in

The Daily Rundown — The latest news affecting women & girls in our region.

— The Washington Post is previewing the book Notes From the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and What It Will Take for a Woman

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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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