Policy

Voice of America: Washington Area Women’s Foundation is funding programs to train women for jobs in the construction field as part of their strategy to increase women's economic security.

Tri-State Defender: Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis President Ruby Bright writes about the importance of lifting up the regions single mothers, who are disproportionately impacted by poverty.

The Missoulian: A coalition of state organizations, including Women's Foundation of Montana, will ask voters to cap at 36 percent the annual interest rates that payday lending businesses can charge, compared with the current 400 percent maximum.

Clarion Ledger Opinion: Anyone who has ever paid a bill knows the federal poverty measure grossly underestimates what families need to make ends meet.

The Feminist Majority Foundation and the Afghan Women's Mission are locked in a bitter controversy over what's best for the women of Afghanistan.