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.
Philanthropy resting more and more on women's shoulders.
What makes women’s philanthropy different from general philanthropy? This is something we often discuss here at The Women’s Foundation, informally, in giving circle meetings,
What are women business owners contributing to our economy?
Inspired by Roxana’s post on women entrepreneurs and the study Trinity University conducted for The Women’s Foundation about how to support them, I couldn’t
Trinity develops resource for D.C.'s entrepreneurial women!
As a recent Stepping Stones Grantee Partner (I’m an associate professor at Trinity University in Washington, D.C.), I partnered with students in three of
Reponse to D.C.'s HIV epidemic must focus on realities of women.
HIV has reached epidemic levels here in Washington, D.C., reports Susan Levine in today’s Washington Post. Levine writes, "The first statistics ever amassed on
