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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.

A New Year's Wish List for Economic Justice

9 Things We Can Do to Ensure Economic Justice for Women What we are told about recessions is weird. For most of 2007, Bush

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Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/the Washington Post — Students at an all-girls school in Montgomery County are getting hands-on experience in the male-dominated field of engineering.

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— What can we do to help the District’s at-risk children? Children’s Law Center’s Judith Sandalow calls for the city to make room in

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— The Washington Post is previewing the book Notes From the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and What It Will Take for a Woman

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— Earlier today the Senate voted “to reinvent the nation’s health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions

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— Parents consider cutbacks but still feel compelled to fill kids’ stockings. Read about their choices by clicking here. — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

A Gift That Really Gives Back to Us All — A Donation to The Women's Foundation

Well, the final countdown is here! We’re way past 12 days ’til Christmas (although there’s still a little time left until Kwanzaa) and, if you’re

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— An early morning vote in the Senate put Democrats two-thirds of the way to their goal of passing a healthcare reform bill before

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— Some residents of an Alexandria public housing complex are upset over orders to relocate. This Washington Post article details the difficulties that some

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— Later today, Mayor Adrian Fenty will sign legislation that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington, DC. After the bill is signed, it goes to

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Washington Area Women’s Foundation mobilizes our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls of color in the Washington, D.C. region have the resources they need to thrive. Since 1998, The Women’s Foundation has worked to transform the lives of women and girls in our region and across the world.

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712 H Street NE,

Suite 1099

Washington, DC 20002

T: (202) 347-7737
E: info@wawf.org

Tax ID:52-2028612

Washington Area Women’s Foundation mobilizes our community to ensure women and girls of color in the Washington metropolitan area have the resources they need to thrive. Since 1998,
The Women’s Foundation has worked to transform the lives of women and girls in our region and across the world.