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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.

This month, shop Skif, and give!

When I first moved to Washington, I was invited by my friend, Dr. Johanna Mendelson-Forman, to The Women’s Foundation’s Annual Leadership Luncheon. I was

Servathon 2007: Planting more than grass seeds.

I’ll admit, I had an unusual level of anxiety about participating in this year’s D.C. Cares Servathon. In fact, it wasn’t even remotely normal. When

News and Views of Note: Week of April 30, 2007

See below for a round-up of what was news this week in the world of philanthropy, social change and women and girls in the Washington metropolitan

The dollars and sense of financial literacy II: women and retirement.

As financial literacy month marches forward and we continue to talk about the dollars and sense of financial literacy, particularly for women, today we turn our

Melinda Gates: Empower your daughter to change the world.

As part of Huffington Post and iVillage’s new Mothers-Daughters Campaign, Melinda Gates spoke out yesterday about the important role women play in changing the

Hear all about it! Stepping Stones live with Jackie Guerra!

On April 7, Program Officer Nisha Patel discussed Stepping Stones with Jackie Guerra on The Jackie Guerra Show. To tune in to hear the

Helen Hunt on philanthropy by women, for women.

Helen LaKelly Hunt says women’s philanthropy rocks. Only she says it in more eloquent terms in a commentary this week in Women’s e-News called

A holistic approach to wage-gap warfare (or, at least, heated discussion).

My, oh my, the blogosphere is all a-sizzle with talk of the wage gap. Not over whether there is one (there’s progress for you), but

Federally funded fatherhood…fair?

A few weeks ago, in response to my post inspired by Oxygen’s new series, Who cares about girls?," one of our readers left a

Women in nonprofits…paying too high a price?

Today, I was most fascinated to come across a blog post at The Chronicle of Philanthropy titled, "Why Women are Held Back in the Nonprofit