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Atlanta Women's Foundation

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, and grantee partners come from all walks of life and from all communities. We represent divergent views and experiences, but we all share one important belief: together, we can increase self-sufficiency among women and girls and accomplish positive social change.

Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County

Women's Fund has awarded over $2 million to more than 225 projects serving thousands of women and girls and has played an important role in encouraging the development of more programs designed with the need of women and girls in mind and strengthening existing gender-specific programs.

Ms. Foundation for Women

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 broader progressive organizing (a concept we call feminist social justice).

Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis

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 full potential.
The Women's Foundation strives to assure that these issues are addressed locally in the belief that when a woman is given an opportunity, her family and ultimately the entire community benefit from it. WFGM's vision is to provide resources that help women move toward economic self-sufficiency, thereby breaking the vicious cycle of poverty.

Boosting Livelihoods in Mississippi

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 whom were low-income women.

The organization promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive personally and professionally.

The Calm in the Storm: Women Leaders in Gulf Coast Recovery

Examines the leadership of women for a fair and just recovery in areas hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

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 hurricanes of 2005.

Thousands Write to AP About Women and Katrina (2005)

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 Nagin begins rebuilding New Orleans, he has created a new commission to oversee the project. Although he promised to ensure that the commission reflect the diverse community of New Orleans, only 2 out of the 17 members - or 12 percent - are women. That hardly reflects the city where more than half the population is women and girls!

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