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.
Fair Fund: Don't look the other way as girls are exploited in D.C.
I recently returned from a trip to former Yugoslavia, where my organization, FAIR Fund–a Grantee Partner of The Women’s Foundation–leads a program designed to
Ascensions: If we can change lives with $100, imagine what we can do with $5,000. Vote today!
Ascensions Community Services provides psychological and community interventions to low-income families in Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8. We provide clients with the assistance
Powerful testimony on poverty inspires hope for positive change in D.C.
Last week, Washington Area Women’s Foundation and several of our Grantee Partners testified at an incredible DC City Council Roundtable Hearing called “Poverty Issues:
What are women business owners contributing to our economy?
Inspired by Roxana’s post on women entrepreneurs and the study Trinity University conducted for The Women’s Foundation about how to support them, I couldn’t
Trinity develops resource for D.C.'s entrepreneurial women!
As a recent Stepping Stones Grantee Partner (I’m an associate professor at Trinity University in Washington, D.C.), I partnered with students in three of
