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The Women's Fund of Mississippi
Apr 12 2010 - 9:55pm
The Women’s Fund of Mississippi is the only grantmaking organization in Mississippi entirely dedicated to funding programs that improve the lives of women and girls statewide. A group of women...read more
Gender, Girls, Housing, Katrina, Leadership Development, MS, Philanthropy, Wage Gap, Women's Economic Security

Raising Human Security in the Southeast U.S.
Jun 11 2009 - 8:27pm
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Human Security, Katrina, Philanthropy, Southeast

Atlanta Women's Foundation
Jul 16 2008 - 5:20pm
The Atlanta Women's Foundation is Georgia's only public foundation focused exclusively on the issues of women and girls. We serve five counties in the metropolitan Atlanta area and our donors...read more
Community, Development, Economic Empowerment, Education, Entrepreneurship, GA, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights, Katrina, Leadership, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, Reproductive Rights, Social change, Social Justice

Ms. Foundation for Women
Jun 5 2008 - 6:17pm
The Ms. Foundation actively works to bring race, class, age and sexuality to the center of feminist organizing (a concept we call social justice feminism) and to bring a gender lens to the center of...read more
Global, Collaboration, Community, Development, Economic Empowerment, Education, Education, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Financial Literacy, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Girls, Health, Health, HIV-AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Investment, Justice, Katrina, Leadership, Policy, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, Race, Refugee Rights, Reproductive Rights, Security, Sexuality, Social change, Social Justice, Trafficking, Visibility

Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Jun 5 2008 - 12:44pm
The Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis was established in 1995 to encourage philanthropy and foster leadership among women and to support programs that enable women and children to reach their...read more
Community, Economic Empowerment, Empowerment, Gender, Girls, Katrina, TN

The Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham
Jun 2 2008 - 1:44pm
In 1996 Lin Carleen founded The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham (TWF) to create an endowment fund to honor the memories of her mother and infant daughter, both of whom did not have the...read more
Aging, AL, Community, Education, Education, Empowerment, Financial Literacy, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Investment, Justice, Katrina, Leadership, Social change

Boosting Livelihoods in Mississippi
May 21 2008 - 2:19pm
After Hurricane Katrina, Jackson, Miss. saw an influx of individuals looking for shelter and work. Dress for Success® Metro Jackson’s was able to provide support to the newcomers, a large number of...read more
Collaboration, Community, Development, Economic Empowerment, Education, Empowerment, Financial Literacy, Katrina, Leadership, Poverty, Security, Social change, Social Justice, Southeast

The Calm in the Storm: Women Leaders in Gulf Coast Recovery
Sep 15 2006 - 9:38pm
A comprehensive report on the leadership of women in the Gulf Coast as well as the challenges they continue to face as they work together for a just and fair society in the aftermath of the...read more
Katrina, Reports, Southeast

Thousands Write to AP About Women and Katrina (2005)
Oct 25 2005 - 5:06pm
More than 4,000 people wrote to the Associated Press in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 urging the media service to ask New Orlean's Mayor Ray Nagin, "Where are the Women?" As...read more
Gender, Katrina, Policy, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, United States
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