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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.

Caution: Lack of affordable child care may result in lack of children.

A new national poll has found that women are delaying having children because of the high cost of child care and preschool–which can run

DCWA: Achieving balance difficult if you can't weigh your options.

The following is the fifth post in a series covering aspects and angles on the DC Women’s Agenda’s recent white paper, Voices and Choices for

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: 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,

Anne's legacy of leadership: Inspiring us to work harder, do more!

When I first heard that Anne Mosle was leaving her leadership role at the Washington Area Women’s Foundation to go to the Kellogg Foundation,

2007: Your Year for Helping Women and Girls!

2006 hasn’t been a bad year for us girls.    The Nobel Prize went to Dr. Muhammed Yunus, father of micro-credit and the Grameen bank,