Poverty

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Women of all races bring home less income and own fewer assets, on average, than men of the same race, but for single black women the disparities are so overwhelmingly great that even in their prime working years their median wealth amounts to only $5.

Change.org's Women's Rights Blog: On the 99th annual International Women’s Day, activist Zainab Salbi says the world should be ashamed of the violence and poverty women still face around the globe. Here’s how to reverse the startling statistics within a decade.

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.

Womenetics: The plight of all women is important to us, but the plight of our own women and girls trying to step up and out of poverty should be paramount.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A new report by the Institute of Women's Policy Research and the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania examines the recession's effect on female heads of households.

The Arizona Republic, Opinion: Arizona Foundation for Women says it's time to declare Arizona's decade-long experiment with payday loans a failure . . . and say "No!" once and for all.

Clarion Ledger: A new report sponsored by Women's Fund of Mississippi shows one in three households was unable to make ends meet -- even before the economic recession.

The Age: Australian women's fund IWDA has organized a multi-faith summit that will announce nearly $1 billion in funding for programs to improve gender equality and maternal health in the Asia-Pacific region.