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Economic "Recovery": Women's Lives Demand a Longer, More Honest View23 February 2010

Recently, we discussed how those most struggling amidst today's economic crisis remain the most invisible in polemic or policy responses. Low-income women, particularly those who head households acro ...

Child Care and Green Jobs Key to Women’s Lasting Economic Security17 February 2010

Linda Basch: How has ARRA impacted our economy from a local, community, or individual/family perspective? Sara Gould: ARRA has provided a crucial injection of support to states during the worst of ...







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The Way We Live Now: The Power of the Purse [The New York Times] 18 August 2009

By Lisa Belkin Remember the concept of “sisterhood”? That quaint relic of an idea that women owed it to other women to crash through ceilings and navigate a male world? It just might be taking new ...

Sara K. Gould in Discussions About Immigration and Women [WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show] 15 May 2009

On Thursday 14 May 2009, Sara K. Gould, President & CEO of the Ms. Foundation and Sylvia Henriquez, Executive Director of Foundation grantee the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health ...







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Obama and DHS: Suspend Immigration Enforcement Activities for Census 2010 11 March 2010

With Census 2010 forms arriving next week, and as Census workers begin to make their way through neighborhoods nationwide, immigrants' rights and social justice advocates are cautioning that immigrant...

Health Reform - Raising Women's Voices Calls for Your Voice Now 10 March 2010

Raising Women's Voices, a Ms. Foundation movement building and health care grantee asks you to contact your representative (especially if they are on the list below) and to call for health reform that...







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Why Would You Sell Your Food Stamps? [GRITtv]23 February 2010

In a recent article for ColorLines, Seth Wessler reported on one woman's struggle to support her family when cash benefits from the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program--the one that re ...

SisterSong Denounces Georgia's Misleading Anti-Abortion Bill [New York Times; WABE]19 February 2010

The New York Times Anti-Abortion Ads Split Atlanta 05 February 2010 By Shaila Dewan ATLANTA — Anti-abortion groups have erected scores of billboards here with an alarming message: “Black child ...







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NoVo Foundation Awards Ms. Foundation for Women $3 Million Gift for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention30 July 2009

NEW YORK—The Ms. Foundation for Women is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $3 million gift from the NoVo Foundation in the area of child sexual abuse prevention. Over the course of the n ...

The Ms. Foundation for Women’s 21st Annual Gloria Awards: A National Salute to Women of Vision 21 May 2009

NEW YORK—Tonight the Ms. Foundation for Women will be joined by prominent members of the entertainment, business, philanthropic and not-for-profit communities in celebration of its co-founder Gloria ...





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2007 Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awardee Ashley Nicole Tomlinson. After participating in Odyssey Youth Center's legislative lobby day trip on comprehensive sexuality education, Tomlinson became inspired to change her life and her community... Learn more and view video

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That the Ms. Foundation would be the beneficiary of my first million-dollar gift seemed only natural. Over the years, as a donor, I grew to learn the importance of the foundation, not only the people who worked there but also those it helped benefit...I saw the genius of the cross-race, cross-class approach to grant-making...that places at the decision-making table not just the women with money but also women who may have little money but who, as grassroots activists, know just how it can be best invested in the community. Read more

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