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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.

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Income vs Assets Financial security comes from income, savings, and assets that allow a family to create a safety net to absorb short-term shocks

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To Our Gender Nonconforming Youth According to the National Center for Transgender Equality’s 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, economic disparities exist between transgender people and

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Best States for Women to Live In 2017, women in some parts of America still get the short end of the stick — even

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{Insert Title Here} In observation of “A Day Without A Woman,” we couldn’t find a woman available to pen today’s action item. Here’s what

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A Day Without a Woman ”A Day Without A Woman” was established to acknowledge “the enormous value that women of all backgrounds add to

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Use Your Voice The Training Source is looking for speakers for their ongoing Professional Mondays Speaker Series. This is a regular series which aligns

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Women in Tech Women in technology have often been left out of history but since it’s Women’s History Month, it’s the perfect time to

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Improve Economic Empowerment Worldwide, only about one in two women work, compared with three in four men. In some low-income countries, the labor force

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Show Me The Money The District of Columbia has the highest rate of residents in the Greater DC Area without a banking relationship. Almost

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Justice For All and For Her According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as of January 2017, 6.7 percent of all inmates are women.