Dear Colleagues,

In these challenging times, I’m honored and inspired to be in conversation with all of you. Our coalition’s pledge is just the beginning in our effort to move billions of dollars and countless hours of expertise to advance the fight for reproductive justice for all around the world.

Throughout the past year, the WFN team has been part of talks with President Biden’s Gender Policy Council, sharing your learnings as local feminist funders about the policy changes that make the biggest impact on girls, women, and non-binary people. Our role is to connect your successes so that they can be enshrined on the national level. The WFN team is also partnering with NCRP and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) to bring you the most up-to-date, comprehensive, data on reproductive justice funding. This powerful collaboration will help you identify gaps and clarify the opportunities for bold action. More soon.

In dark times, it’s a joy to stand in collaboration with such strong and devoted partners. It’s encouraging that the Department of health and Human Services just released a new fact sheet about birth control and abortion rights, and that President Biden recently met with governors from across the country about how to protect abortion care in their states, and signed an executive order to protect abortion access across states in the U.S. 

Women’s Funding Network’s partnerships with you and the White House bolster our shared work and increase our impact. Together, we will continue to innovate and advocate until we assure liberty and justice for all. 

Yours with respect and gratitude,


Elizabeth

Elizabeth Barajas-Román
Women’s Funding Network 
President & CEO

The Gender Point, a partnership between Women’s Funding Network and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, was featured in a recent article in MassLive:

"With the overturning of the 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade, a landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide, The Gender Point — in partnership by the Women’s Funding Network and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research — determined four groups of people who are most likely to be affected by the Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts, even though abortion rights are still in place within the state."

WFN Member News

Thank you to Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres - FCAM for renewing their 2022 WFN Membership, and a hearty welcome to Narda Mamou for joining WFN as our newest individual member. 

The Fund for Women and Girls – through its community-based and inclusive Grants Allocation Committee – awarded $239,680 in grants to 30 nonprofit organizations serving the needs of women and girls throughout Chester County. 

Please join WFN Member Tuti Scott for her upcoming virtual event, Women&Money Community. This group is comprised of attendees of the Sept 2019 Women&Money Austin event, the Women&Money LinkedIN group, and other colleagues working to shift power systems and move money with a gender, racial and/or climate justice lens. The learning section of this session will be an interactive discussion on the book, The XX Edge, Unlocking Higher returns and Lower Risk by Patience Marime-Ball and Ruth Shaber.

July 13, 2022 | 1:00pm-2:30pm EST | Register here

Opportunities and Resources

Join United Philanthropy Forum for the 2022 Forum Annual Conference, which brings together people from all of the country’s philanthropy associations and networks—philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) that play a key role in advancing, convening, mobilizing, informing and supporting the field. To register, click here.

Throughout the year, NBCUniversal News Group and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will engage the country’s leading voices through coverage to promote racial healing, develop year-long digital content and produce an English and Spanish-language townhall on the National Day of Racial Healing on Jan. 17, 2023. For more information, please visit dayofracialhealing.org.

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Last week, Women's Forum gathered their international community in Berlin for an inspiring and impactful Women's Forum Germany. They welcomed 350+ high-level representatives from public institutions, the private sector, and leading international organizations, together with 46 speakers and 30 Youth Ambassadors. With hundreds more joining online, their audience represented nearly 90 countries. Check out the replays of their sessions on YouTube.

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