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WGF Grantees on Essential Pittsburgh
In a story about women’s healthcare in prisons, two of WGF’s 2011 grantees were interviewed by Paul Guggenheimer of Essential Pittsburgh in his March 5 focus of women’s healthcare in prisons. The ACLU just released a study of Pennsylvania’s jail healthcare policies, and found that county-run lockups are not meeting the reproductive needs of women.…
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WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?
A smart article by Audrey Russo, President & CEO, Pittsburgh Technology Council. “The lack of women in leadership roles is far from strictly a Pittsburgh/SWPA phenomenon, as only 12 of the Fortune 500 have women at the helm. With this sizeable swell of women into our workforce, how can the technology industry not be concerned…
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March 2012 News from WGF
Feature: Woke Up Black, a film by Mary Morten. Read the entire March 2012 News from WGF.
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No place for women: PA County Jails
WGF grantee in the news! The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette applauds a recently released report by 2011 WGF grantee, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, on the reproductive health care needs of incarcerated women. WGF has been a leader in investing in advocacy efforts to ensure that incarcerated women have access to full, fair, and comrehensive reproductive…
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WGF's Response to PG's Top 12 Influential 'People'
On Sunday, January 1st, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published its list of “Top 12 Influential People in Business” of 2011. We thought this list had some omissions – specifically, it contained NO women or people of color. Click here to read the letter to the editor that the PG published in response by WGF’s CEO Heather…
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Superheroes Fighting Breast Cancer
Wonder Woman’s breasts are a real attention-getter, that’s for sure. That’s one way to promote breast cancer awareness. Throw in Catwoman, She-Hulk, and Storm, and you’re bound to get people talking. That’s the intention of a breast cancer awareness campaign launched in Mozambique. If these powerful heroines take breast cancer seriously, you should, too. The…
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Climate Change's Impact on Women Globally
On the heels of multiple attacks on family planning efforts in the Unites States, WGF’s CEO Heather Arnet and the CEO of Population Action International, Suzanne Ehlers, write an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articulating the impact climate change is having on women globally. We must start thinking about our moral responsibility to extend…
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Work continues on County Wage Equity Audit
The Women and Girls Foundation, lobbied Onorato and the council to conduct the audit. Heather Arnet, CEO of WGF, said she’s optimistic that Executive-elect Rich Fitzgerald, who takes office in January when Onorato’s term ends, and state Rep. Chelsa Wagner, D-Brookline, who was elected controller, will complete the study. Fitzgerald said he plans to complete…
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WGF CEO on PCNC "NightTalk"
Heather Arnet on PCNC live Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM on “NightTalk: Get to the Point” Host: P.J. Maloney, KQV Newsradio Invited Panelists: Nick Kotik ( D ), PA State Representative, District 45 Heather Arnet, CEO, Women and Girls Foundation Dawn Meling, Commonwealth Foundation The program is telecast LIVE on Friday, 10/28 from…
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GirlGov Participant Blogs About Her Experience
On Monday evening, young women from the southwestern counties of Pennsylvania milled into the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe for GirlGov 2011, a program sponsored by WGF. During the “welcome” dinner and orientation, the ladies learned about the history of WGF. Soon after, the young women were introduced to the story of GirlGov. Click Here…