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The Women and Girls Foundation (WGF) is an independent, community-based non-profit organization serving 11 counties in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania. It was founded in 2002. The stated goal of the foundation is to achieve equality for women and girls in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
We see as many upper-middle-class professional women as we see lower-income women,'" said Janet Scott, who was the community education and training director for the Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh during the early 1990s. [32] In 1994, Sylvia Choi, M.D. became a center volunteer.
As a NOW activist, in 1977 she used the term "Take Back the Night" in a memorial she read at an anti-violence rally in Pittsburgh. [4] [5] Pride was a founder of KNOW, Inc., which worked to publish feminist viewpoints. [6] In 1977, Pride became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). [7]
Strong Women Strong Girls (SWSG) is a mentoring organization for girls in grades 3–5 with a focus on female empowerment and healthy habits. [ 1 ] and with the goal of helping them to develop skills for lifelong success.
Today the phrase “women’s empowerment” has eclipsed “community empowerment” and “employee empowerment.” It, too, came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. It, too, came to ...
The Impact Shares YWCA Women’s Empowerment ETF, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker WOMN, is designed to promote gender diversity and empower women in the workforce by holding shares of companies who score highest in their sector on 19 gender equity criteria as determined by Equileap, an independent, specialized data ...
Angel Reese announced the launch of the Angel C. Reese Foundation, which will be dedicated to empowering girls and women through sports, education, financial literacy and more. The 2023 NCAA women ...
On 15 January 1962, around 1,800 peace activists organized by Ruth Chenven and members of Women Strike for Peace boarded a train at Pennsylvania Station in New York City. [12] [29] The activists, mainly from Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York were traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet up with activists from twenty other states and protest nuclear testing and demand universal disarmament.