The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with the Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on women and poverty.
Spotlight is the go-to site for news and ideas about fighting poverty.
For daily updates and links to past articles, check out “Women and Poverty.” It’s a new section of our site with a comprehensive collection of recent news and analysis on women and poverty.
Along with these daily updates, continue to visit the Washington Area Women’s Foundation for our weekly rundown of the top news stories on women and poverty every Friday.
Here’s this week’s news:
· The Philadelphia Daily News describes the role of parental poverty in foster cases, including for a 19-year-old mom with trouble finding housing.
· The Oklahoman highlights a bill passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives that would prevent women from selling their eggs, a practice that can jeopardize the fertility and health of low-income women, who most often choose to undergo the procedure.
· In an opinion article for the Des Moines Register, Rekha Basu calls attention to abused women in Iowa, many of whom are raised in poverty.
· The Kansas City Star reports on the success of “Making Cent$ in the City,” a one-day financial education workshop sponsored by the Women’s Foundation of Greater Kansas City that aimed to teach financial responsibility to women and girls as a way to fight poverty.
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The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity team