Women's Foundation Updates
Highlights from 2010 Momentum Awards
Here’s your chance to get a glimpse of the incredible 2010 Momentum Awards. On May 7, 2010, the Women’s […]
Photo Blog: Visiting Women Prisoners in Chowchilla
By Judy Patrick, President and CEO Women’s Foundation of California Photos by Jean Karotkin On May 18th the Race, Gender […]
Sign Petition to Stop Four-point Shackling of Pregnant Women
While California already has legislation prohibiting the shackling of prisoners while giving birth, it does not forbid the shackling of […]
What does it take for low-income women to achieve economic security?
This Spotlight Webcast, featuring members of the Women’s Economic Security Campaign (WESC), explores the question. Surina Khan, from the Women’s […]
News Round-Up: Women and Budget Cuts
Philanthropy Must Play a Role During Budget Crises By Judy Patrick, as seen on Re:Philanthropy After years of watching the […]
Honoring California’s Inspiring Women
On Friday, May 7, 2010, the Women’s Foundation of California’s 2010 Momentum Awards provided an opportunity to come together and […]
Real Family Values: Honoring Mothers Year Round
By Shailushi Ritchie, Former Development and Communications Officer at the Women’s Foundation California Another Mother’s Day has come and gone. […]
Women’s Funds Share Economic Solutions at White House
We arrived at the White House in two cabs on an unseasonably cold and rainy spring afternoon earlier this […]
Visiting Mothers in Prison at Central California Women’s Facility
By Anuja Mendiratta RGHR Fund Program Advisor The Women’s Foundation of California As part of my work with the Race, […]
News Round-Up: The Great Recession’s Impact on Women and Families
It’s been an active week for news about how the Great Recession has affected women and their families. The Joint Economic […]
How Women and Children Have Been Affected by the Great Recession
The Great Recession has often been referred to as a “Mancession.” But recent findings by the California Budget Project reveal […]
Eveline Shen Honored by Women’s eNews
Congratulations to Eveline Shen, executive director of Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, a Women’s Foundation of California grant partner. Chosen […]
Grown Up “Mean Girls”
Maternity leave has granted me many wonderful things: precious, irreplaceable time with my new son, Julian; long walks rediscovering Golden […]
Stop Blaming Young Women for Being Mothers
They make it sound like having a baby and your life is over. I had to leave; my principal or […]
The Power of Public Policy
Each year, the Women’s Foundation California trains up to 30 women on how to impact change in California through public […]
Women Who Inspire Me
By Former Development and Communications Officer Kim Kenny When asked “who inspires you?” I began ticking through a list of […]
Why Should Nonprofits Care About Tax Policy and Reform?
By guest blogger Kim Klein, Building Movement Project “Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of […]
Making a Difference through Public Policy
“When you give a woman voice, and you give her the knowledge of her own power and [the knowledge] that […]
Our Genes Belong to Us. For Now.
By Barbara A. Brenner, Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action How can anyone own our genes? Up until now, no court […]
Reproductive Justice: Advancing Safe and Healthy Families
Last month I had lunch with a woman named Eveline Shen. Eveline is the executive director of Asian Communities for […]