Environment

Phone Drive Has Nice Ring to It

02/25/2010

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Associates donated 624 cell phones, 540 chargers and 34 batteries during a cell phone recycling drive for The Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis.

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The Women's Foundation of California www.womensfoundca.org

The Women’s Foundation of California is the only statewide public foundation that invests in women and girls throughout California who are working to create a more just and equitable society. Since 1979, we have invested in the most promising women leaders in the state who are strengthening grassroots organizations, advocating for policy change and building movements. We have awarded more than $24 million in grants to more than 1200 community-based organizations in every region of our diverse state.

Climate of Opportunity

Gender and Movement Building at the Intersection of Reproductive Justice and Environmental Justice

News Round Up: July 9, 2009

Wal-Mart and green jobs for women | Will abortion sink U.S. health care reform? | Boycott Berlusconi! | Women in the News Roundup: July 9, 2009

Interesting views all around today on philanthropy, the economy, health and single motherhood. Happy reading!

Health:

A TIME Magazine article looks at whether abortion coverage could sink a health care reform plan:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1909178,00.html

Amnesty International released a report yesterday calling Peru’s maternal morbidity rate ‘scandalous’ (CNN):
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/peru.pregnant.mortality/

News Round Up: June 30

Male nonprofit leaders earn more than females| Bush/Cheney last all-white-male team? | News Round Up-June 30, 2009

Scroll down for headlines about the issues that women’s fund work on. New to this edition – Women’s Fund Blog Round Up – a quick digest of what women’s funds are blogging about during the day.

Happy reading!

Women’s Health:

The People’s Weekly World says that for women health reform is about work and wages
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/16175/

News Round Up: June 25, 2009

Study shows women earn less | New York Times on maternal mortality in Africa | More on Violence against women

A light day for news about women and women’s issues as the media turns their eyes to Farrah and MJ. Happy reading!

The Economy:

New York Times Magazine previews a story in this Sunday’s issue, about GM and the fall of Detroit’s African-American middle class:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/magazine/28detroit-t.html

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on a study showing women working for the city earn less than men:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09176/979878-100.stm

Women BuildINg Community Fund of New Mexico Community Foundation

New Mexico is a state of contrasts. The beauty and richness of the state's stunning geography, diverse communities and generous people stand in stark contrast against a backdrop of pervasive poverty and persistent disparities, including social and economic challenges for New Mexico’s women of color.

The Power to Send Hope and End Poverty.

TAKE ACTION to support human security around the world by recycling your used cell phone!

Click here to recycle your phones today!

2009_160-X-600.gifIn the U.S., more than HALF A BILLION cell phones are ready for recycling, and more than 11 MILLION phones are added to that total each month!

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Changing the Climate: Why Women's Perspectives Matter

The Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) invites you to join Mary Fridley, director of development, and Cate Owren, the sustainable development program coordinator, for an informal presentation and conversation about "Changing the Climate: Why Women's Perspectives Matter."

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