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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.

Food Stamp Challenge: Final reflections…

I did it! I made it through all seven full days of the Food Stamp Challenge without breaking! Day 4, Thursday, was okay.  Breakfast

Food Stamp Challenge: Nisha's reflections on day three…

Today is day three of my seven days on the Food Stamp Challenge.  So far, so good. Monday was pretty easy-breezy.  I decided to

Food Stamp Challenge: My math skills prevail!

On Sunday, I went to the grocery store to prepare for my week of participation in the Food Stamp Challenge, where I’ll be eating this week

Nisha prepares for D.C. Food Stamp Challenge…

In preparation for the Food Stamp Challenge next week, the policy wonk in me is coming out.  I wrote a paper with some colleagues

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

Taking Stepping Stones on the road…to Seattle!

I’m very excited to report that In response to popular demand from our sister funds around the U.S., we’ll be hosting a briefing on

International Women's Day: Fetes and festivities.

Lisa’s blog today got me wondering, what are people in the Washington metropolitan area and around the world doing to celebrate International Women’s Day?

Breaking bread and the feel of home with CASA de Maryland

Today I had the privilege of participating in a site visit with The Women’s Foundation’s Grantee Partner, CASA de Maryland. As a program officer,