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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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Celebrate Her-story Susan B. Anthony. Marie Curie. Malala Yousafzai. Ella Fitzgerald. Mother Theresa. Rosa Parks. Harriet Tubman. Oprah Winfrey. Wangari Maathai. All women who

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Get Financially Fit As part of America Saves Week, today is Family Savings Day. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has put together a number

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Rebuilding Together Rebuilding Together Montgomery County (RTMC) works in partnership with state and local governments, community volunteers, nonprofit service providers, and corporate partners to

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And the Oscar Goes To… It’s Hollywood’s biggest night, and with the most diverse list of nominations in history, tonight’s awards show is sure

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Past, Present and Future Techbridge Girls continues to celebrate Black History Month with CEO, Nikole Collins-Puri, participating in the 5th Annual Sirius XM African

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Care About Child Care WTOP just completed a five-part series called “Child Care Crisis,” where they examined the struggle to find affordable, convenient, quality

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Give a Mom a Helping Hand So Others Might Eat’s Thea Bowman House for Women and Children provides low-income and homeless DC mothers with

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Sound of Music Music has always been a powerful force for change. ESPN recently published a six-part series, The Anthem Project, which features contemporary

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Mind The Gap According to an Asset Building Strategies’ report, “Today, the women’s wealth gap is far greater than the income gap. While women

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Watch Her Lead According to the Center for American Progress, women hold almost 52 percent of jobs, but there are only 14.6 percent of

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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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