by txwfwomensfdev | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Via: D Magazine The climate for women in Texas regarding education, child care, health insurance, and housing has room for improvement. Yesterday, I attended a discussion of economic issues for women in Texas, put on by the Dallas Women’s Foundation and hosted at...
by txwfwomensfdev | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Via: Dallas Business Journal If you’re really old — borderline ancient — you just might remember a song in which Tammy Wynette sang about how, sometimes, it’s hard to be a woman. As it turns out, for entirely different reasons than those in Tammy’s...
by txwfwomensfdev | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Via: NBC5 http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Women-Living-in-Poverty-Across-Texas_Dallas-Fort-Worth-413267953.html
by txwfwomensfdev | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Via: Dallas Morning News Women on average still make less than men and struggle to pay for child care, and about 17 percent of all women and girls in Texas live in poverty. The statistics are even worse for women of color. For example, Hispanic women are more likely...
by txwfwomensfdev | Dec 14, 2016 | Economic Security, News, News Releases
Via UTDallas: A new report by UT Dallas’ Institute for Urban Policy Research (IUPR) gives a detailed picture of domestic violence in Dallas that includes 15,000 calls to police and a shortage of shelter rooms and beds for victims. The institute’s second Annual Summary...
by txwfwomensfdev | Dec 14, 2016 | Leadership, News, News Releases
Carla Harris to Keynote Dallas Women’s Foundation’s Annual Leadership Awards Dinner Foundation is Currently Accepting Nominations for Prominent Leadership Awards DALLAS, December 14, 2016 – Carla Harris, corporate executive, author and presidential appointed...
