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TXWF Launches Executive Leadership Accelerator

TXWF Launches Executive Leadership Accelerator

  Texas Women’s Foundation Launches New Executive Leadership Accelerator Program for Senior Level Professional Women DALLAS, Texas, June 18, 2025 – Texas Women’s Foundation, a leading organization that advances leadership and economic opportunities for Texas women and girls, announces the launch of its Executive Leadership Accelerator ...
Strong Women. Better Texas. Podcast

Strong Women. Better Texas. Podcast

Texas Women’s Foundation is bringing together voices from across the state—and beyond—to spark insightful conversations about building a better Texas. From researchers and nonprofit leaders to public affairs experts, advocates, and corporate executives. The Strong Women. Better Texas. podcast is dedicated to empowering the 14.7M women and ...
Sounding the Alarm

Sounding the Alarm

Texas boasts the nation’s strongest economy with a staggering $2.4 trillion in economic output. Yet, behind this success lies a troubling reality: Texas ranks a dismal 47th out of 50 states across 25 different indicators of women's economic security. The recently released 2024 Economic Issues for Women in Texas Report by the Texas Women's ...
Unpaid labor and economic struggles: How gender inequity keeps women in a double bind

Unpaid labor and economic struggles: How gender inequity keeps women in a double bind

New reports reveal the stark realities of gender roles and economic challenges. Via: Dallas Morning News By: Maria Salette Ontiveros In 2024, the narrative of women balancing unpaid labor at home while struggling to gain economic security remains as an enduring issue. Two new studies, one from the Texas Women’s ...
Texas Women’s Foundation invests $6 Million in women and girls

Texas Women’s Foundation invests $6 Million in women and girls

Via: DFW501c By: Barbara Clark Galupi Guided by research that identifies the barriers to women’s economic security and success, Texas Women’s Foundation (TXWF), collectively with its donors, giving circle supporters and philanthropic partners invested $6 million in 2023-24 to advance its mission. Of that total, The ...

Dallas women celebrate 104th anniversary of the 19th Amendment

Via: Dallas Morning News By: Maria Salette Onitveros Groups look to empower and encourage women to continue fighting for equity and equality Wearing purple and white, about 100 women, resonating with pride and hope, sang the national anthem, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and reaffirmed their commitment to equality in America 104 years ...