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WEEKLY NEWS // NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Giving Tuesday 2021:
WFN Member Spotlight
This #GivingTuesday, we honor Native American Heritage Month by shining a spotlight on WFN member, The Maine Women’s Fund, and their collaboration with Wabanaki Public Health (WPH) — a tribal organization that delivers public health services to the five tribal communities in Maine.
WFN is committed to investing in women-led and women-centered solutions. Women’s funds and foundations recognize the critical need to act with urgency to support Indigenous women and girls, understand the issues facing their local communities, and are uniquely positioned to tackling the most pressing issues in a way that advances gender and racial equity for all.
Women's Funding Network's creation of The Wabanaki Women's Economic Mobility Hub was featured on News Center Maine, highlighting the opening of The Wabanaki Gathering Place, a healing center that supports programs for indigenous people who need recovery or healing services. To learn more about their programs or recovery center, click here.
This year was hard.
Make a difference.
Give to your local women’s fund.
2021 was devastating for many women around the globe: a continuing childcare crisis; more than 500 new restrictions of abortion rights; and a “she-cession” where 2.3 million women in the U.S. alone left the labor force due to the pandemic.
For more than a decade, the total amount of philanthropic giving to women and girls has remained stagnant at 1.6%. Despite the scope of the problem, charitable giving to nonprofits dedicated to supporting women and girls increased by only a fraction over the past year. The latest report from The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) shows a marginal .06% increase, representing just a fraction of overall charitable giving – now totaling just 1.9% of all charitable contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
You can help us do more. This #GivingTuesday, join us by giving generously to your local women’s fund and if you can, also support our network so we can amplify the power of your gift. Use our directory to find a women's fund near you.
Here at WFN, we call for the size of our philanthropic funding to match the scope of the issues women and children are facing in our communities.
It’s time to #FundWomensFunds and #DoGood for women and girls.
WFN In The News
In this joint op-ed, Ashlei Spivey, founder of I Be Black Girl, and Elizabeth Barajas-Roman, President & CEO of Women’s Funding Network, share some solutions for Black birthing disparities:
"How To Truly Save The Lives Of Black Mamas And Birthing Folks."
WFN Member News
Last month, The Equality Fund caught up with two amazing leaders Peggy Antrobus, former MATCH Fund Board member, and Amina Doherty, Director of the Equality Fund’s Women’s Voice and Leadership — Caribbean project, to discuss the history and future of feminist movements in the Caribbean. To read the conversation, click here.
The California Wellness Foundation announced $8.9 million in grants to advance health equity in California including grants for wildfire disaster relief, equitable access to safe water, support for women of color at risk of HIV/AIDS, and bold new initiatives for advancing economic security in low-income communities.
Australians Investing In Women has released a second research report in their series examining the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls - Changing the Trajectory: Investing in Women for a Fairer Future - which looks more closely at the impact of the pandemic on women's employment, particularly on the employment and educational opportunities of young women in Australia.
The Victorian Women’s Trust's podcast, The Trap, released their final episode, titled "Our Power As People, Part 2". What role might we play—in our workplaces, public institutions and political systems—to free ourselves, and those we love, from the trap?
Opportunities and Resources
Two weeks ago was the first Women's Forum Global Meeting, where our international community gathered in Paris and online to reflect on this year's lessons of resilience and hope when facing the Covid-19 global pandemic, as well as think, create and debate on different approaches to tackle gender inequalities. To watch replays of the Global Meeting sessions, click here.
38% of women in tech plan on leaving their job within the next 2 years—here’s why. - CNBC
Two women of color are President Joe Biden’s picks to lead the White House budget office, Shalanda Young and Nani Coloretti. - AP
Safe and alive, but 'traumatized,' the future of these Afghan women footballers is very uncertain - CNN
As the Supreme Court considers Roe v. Wade, a look at how abortion became legal. - NPR
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