Over 400 gender equity leaders gathered together last fall for the bi-annual Women Funded. For 2020, we’re hosting regional summits and virtual meetings on a range of topics, and creating opportunities for members to grow and develop relationships across this inspiring network.
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On Saturday, thousands gathered in cities across the U.S. as a part of the nationwide Women's March. - NBC News
This past Tuesday was the fourth annual National Day of Racial Healing. "Racial healing is a process that restores individuals and communities to wholeness, repairs the damage caused by racism and transforms societal structures into ones that affirm the inherent value of all people."
A report from UNICEF finds that a third of the world's poorest girls, aged between 10 and 18, have never been to school. - BBC
Although women now hold more payroll jobs than men in the U.S., this conceals a larger problem: female-dominated jobs still remain devalued and underpaid. - New York Times
According to a new report by anti-poverty charity Oxfam, the world's 22 richest men own more wealth than all 325 million women in Africa combined. - Aljazeera
Read here for NPR's interview with four teenage girl climate activists.
Country music channel CMT announced it will now give equal airtime to male and female artists during its early-morning music video hours. - NPR
WATCH: Rep. Zoe Lofgren made history on Tuesday as the first female House manager to argue during a Senate impeachment trial of a U.S. president.
