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    There’s a ‘hidden pandemic’ in women’s financial wellness: Ellevest CEO

    Yahoo! News October 15, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    4 ways to address the gender finance gap and empower women

    World Economic Forum September 15, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    The Women’s Wealth Gap Glares Harsher than Ever, So It’s Time to Close It

    Next City July 20, 2021

  • Members in the News

    How Far Has America Actually Come Since the Promises of the George Floyd Protests?

    Time July 20, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Even Prior to Pandemic, Working Women Couldn’t Take Time Off When They Needed

    U.S. Department of Labor Blog June 17, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    New Report On Advancing Black Women

    Forbes June 10, 2021

  • Members in the News

    ‘Women really are our core’: Jennifer Klein on easing the caregiving crisis

    The 19th June 9, 2021

  • Members in the News

    COVID exposes dire need for child care and paid leave. Give families help, not nostalgia.

    USA Today June 7, 2021

  • Members in the News

    Paid leave is incredibly popular — even with Republicans

    Vox June 7, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    How The Advancement Of Black Women Will Build A Better Economy For All

    S&P Global June 1, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    FACT SHEET: Women Gained 314,000 Jobs in May, But Still Need 13 Straight Months of Growth to Recover Pandemic Losses

    National Women's Law Center June 1, 2021

  • Members in the News

    For a true recovery, lawmakers must upgrade America’s care infrastructure

    The Hill May 29, 2021

  • Members in the News

    Pandemic Could Cost Typical American Woman Nearly $600,000 in Lifetime Income

    Newsweek May 26, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Too many essential care workers can’t afford the very services they provide

    Washington Post May 26, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    It’s Time to Build a Child Care System That Works For Everyone

    The 19th May 24, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    Orlando restaurant owners raise wages, say hiring woes are ‘compromising’ industry

    Orlando Sentinel May 24, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    Stop Punishing Women for Being Ambitious

    Bloomberg May 24, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    The Diverse Experiences of AANHPI Women at Work

    U.S. Department of Labor Blog May 21, 2021

  • Members in the News

    New National Paid Leave Proposals Explained

    Better Life Lab April 28, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Closing the Latina Wealth Gap: Building an Inclusive Economic Recovery After COVID

    UNIDOS US April 19, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Careers in Crisis: How Black Women in the United States’ Largest Industry Were Left Behind in the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Institute for Economic and Racial Equity (IERE) at Brandeis April 15, 2021

  • Members in the News

    COVID Recovery Must Bring Safety and Security for Domestic Workers, Other Immigrants

    Spotlight on Poverty April 14, 2021

  • Members in the News

    Roads, bridges … and caregivers? Why Biden is pushing a ‘radical shift’ to redefine infrastructure

    USA Today April 12, 2021

  • Members in the News

    Financial Education Won’t Fix Poverty. We Need Structural Change.

    Ms. April 9, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    Biden’s ‘Transformative’ Plan Redefines Infrastructure to Include Caregiving

    The Nation April 1, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Race and Gender Wealth Equity and the Role of Employee Share Ownership

    Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program April 1, 2021

  • Members in the News

    Caregiving advocacy groups launch $20 million campaign on infrastructure bill

    The 19th March 30, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    This Equal Pay Day, women face additional burdens due to the pandemic

    Marketplace March 24, 2021

  • Members in the News

    At the Women’s Bureau, a renewed focus on passing paid leave and LGBTQ+ inclusivity

    The 19th March 16, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    What the American Rescue Plan Means for Black Women

    #BlackHer March 15, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    Economic Recovery Must Put Women of Color First

    PolicyLink March 3, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Trust Survivors: Building an Effective and Inclusive Cash Assistance Program

    FreeFrom March 1, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    Called to Care: A Racially Just Recovery Demands Paid Family and Medical Leave

    National Partnership for Women and Families March 1, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    To End the Caregiving Crisis, Reimagine the Care Economy to Support Its Cornerstone: Black Women

    Morning Consult February 26, 2021

  • Members in the News

    ‘The beauty of cash’: The rise of guaranteed income programs could give low-wage women a crucial lifeline

    The 19th February 22, 2021

  • Members in the News

    How Policymakers Can Ensure the COVID-19 Pandemic Doesn’t Widen the Racial Wealth Gap

    Urban Wire February 12, 2021

  • Members in the News

    The Future of Work May Be Even More Sexist

    Slate February 10, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    TIME’S UP Report: A Bold, Public Investment in Caregiving Amidst COVID-19 Crisis Will Create Jobs and Build Our Economy

    Time's Up February 3, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    The care economy as an infrastructure investment

    The Hill February 2, 2021

  • What We're Reading

    BLACK WOMENOMICS: Investing in the Underinvested

    Goldman Sachs February 1, 2021

  • Members in the News

    What Canceling Student Debt Would Do for the Racial Wealth Gap

    The New York Times February 1, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    Why Women Don’t Get Ahead at Nonprofits

    Chronicle of Philanthropy January 14, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    For an Equitable Economy in 2021, We Must Center Black Women. Here’s Four Ways How

    Ms. January 4, 2021

  • CWWG in the News

    The Gender Wealth Gap: Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Change It

    The Ascent, from Motley Fool December 16, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Why “flexibility” may be the least helpful thing companies can offer working parents right now

    Fast Company December 4, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Are Black women being “centered” in this economy yet?

    Marketplace November 23, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Recession With a Difference: Women Face Special Burden

    The New York Times November 17, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Nearly 2.2 million women left the workforce between February and October, according to new analysis

    CNBC November 10, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    The State of Financial Security 2020: A Framework for Recovery and Resilience

    The Aspen Institute November 9, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion Mistake

    The Century Foundation October 29, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Paid leave and child care are fundamental to recovery

    The Hill October 27, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Caregiving in Crisis, and How to Fix It

    The American Prospect October 26, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    Gender Disparities in Financial Well-Being

    Federal Reserve Board of Philadelphia October 15, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    2 ways bold leadership can impact the future of work for women of color

    Fast Company October 12, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    The case for a woman-focused economic recovery

    Yahoo! News October 12, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Paid Leave 2100: A Slogan That Should Be Chanted by No One, Ever.

    Medium September 29, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    The Relentlessness of Black Grief

    The Atlantic September 27, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    Racial Wealth Gap II: SaverLife Members Are Taking Action

    SaverLife September 27, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

    The New York Times September 26, 2020

  • Members in the News

    New Census data reveals no progress has been made on closing the overall gender pay gap

    CNBC September 20, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Two anniversaries Trump is dishonoring

    CNN September 8, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    Stop Devaluing Black Women at Work

    #BlackHer September 6, 2020

  • Members in the News

    The Next Pandemic Stimulus Bill Must Be Race-Conscious

    Time September 4, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    Building Our Care Infrastructure

    Caring Across Generations September 1, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    Black Women Best: The Framework We Need for an Equitable Economy

    Roosevelt Institute September 1, 2020

  • Members in the News

    ‘You literally can’t do both’: Pandemic forces Bay Area mothers to choose kids over career

    San Francisco Chronicle August 17, 2020

  • Members in the News

    America’s Retirement Race Gap, and Ideas for Closing It

    The New York Times August 14, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    Survivors Know Best: How to Disrupt Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 and Beyond

    Freefrom August 13, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    America’s first female recession

    The 19th August 2, 2020

  • Members in the News

    The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Intensified Systemic Economic Racism Against Black Americans

    The New Yorker July 30, 2020

  • What We're Reading

    Nevertheless, It Persists: Disrupting the Vicious Cycle of Institutionalized Sexism

    Times Up impact Lab July 1, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Banks Should Face History and Pay Reparations

    New York Times June 26, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Banks Should Face History and Pay Reparations

    The New York Times June 26, 2020

  • Members in the News

    The Color and Gender of COVID: Essential Workers, Not Disposable People

    Think Global Health June 4, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    Left Out: Why We Must Center Women of Color in the Next COVID-19 Relief Package

    Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity May 20, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Providing Real Solutions for Domestic Violence Survivors During COVID-19

    Ms. Magazine May 19, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Will We Face Depression-Era Job Losses? Let’s Not Find Out

    The New York Times May 9, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    Our economic recovery depends on policies that benefit women

    CNN Business May 6, 2020

  • CWWG in the News

    JPMorgan Announces New Diversity Push

    The New York Times March 31, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Women, on the Front Lines of Covid-19, Are at High Economic Risk

    Bloomberg March 13, 2020

  • Members in the News

    Tax the Patriarchy: The U.S. tax code helps entrench gender divisions. It doesn’t have to be that way

    The Atlantic November 13, 2019

  • Three questions every candidate should answer at the debate

    CNN October 15, 2019

  • What We're Reading

    Examining the Racial and Gender Wealth Gap in America

    U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Financial Services Committee/Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion September 24, 2019

  • CWWG in the News

    Companies Stepping Up for Pay Equity

    ATD September 24, 2019

  • What We're Reading

    Are baby bonds the fix for America’s racial wealth gap?

    Minnesota Public Radio July 19, 2019

  • What We're Reading

    San Francisco Financial Justice Project Enacts Landmark Reforms

    Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity July 17, 2019

  • Baby Bonds: A “Birthright to Capital”

    Nonprofit Quarterly June 12, 2019

  • Fresh, Feminist Voices are Exactly What Our Nation Needs Right Now

    Ms. Magazine April 16, 2019

  • Financial help for millennial women

    Newsday March 31, 2019

  • Report Outlines Path toward Greater Gender Wealth Equality

    Nonprofit Quarterly March 21, 2019

  • Wisdom Fund Aims to Close Lending Gap for Women

    Sustainability Brands March 21, 2019

  • Millennial women are struggling financially: Here’s why (and why it’s not their fault)

    Fast Company March 20, 2019

  • Amazon, Bank of America and Facebook are under pressure to reveal their median gender pay gap

    The Washington Post February 13, 2019

  • 12 U.S. Banks and Tech Giants Targeted with “Median Gender Pay Gap” Shareholder Proposal

    MarketWatch February 13, 2019

  • Arjuna Capital asks 11 banks and tech companies to disclose pay gaps

    HRDive February 13, 2019

  • California women are still second class on economic security

    The Sacramento Bee August 21, 2018

  • Unite Financial and Social Services to Give Women a Way Out of Poverty

    Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity August 15, 2018

  • Let’s stop letting women age out of the workforce worse off than men

    Fast Company July 27, 2018

  • The Supreme Court’s war on women is also a war on workers

    The Washington Post July 23, 2018

  • The Gender Wealth Gap Is Real. Here’s How Women Can Start To Close It.

    Investor's Business Daily July 16, 2018

  • Transforming Culture through Corporate Social Responsibility

    Hispanic Executive June 18, 2018

  • Building Women’s Wealth Is Key to Economic Security

    Slate May 29, 2018

  • CWWG in the News

    Building Women’s Wealth Is Key to Economic Security

    Slate May 29, 2018

  • The Gender Pay Gap Is Costing You $1 Million (Yeah, You!)

    Refinery 29 April 10, 2018

  • Policymakers Seek Healthier, More Prosperous California

    Capital and Main March 28, 2018

  • How Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap Supports Families, Communities, and the Economy

    Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity March 28, 2018

  • Women’s Wealth Gap: Some Solutions

    Benzinga March 15, 2018

  • Courage vs. Racial Wealth Gap

    Alexandra Bastien October 17, 2017

  • Millennial Women of Color Can’t “Lean In” When They’ve Been Left Behind by the Economic Recovery

    Mic September 25, 2017

  • Bridging the Gap: How AFCPE Professionals Can Help Close the Racial Wealth Divide

    The Huffington Post September 19, 2017

  • CWWG in the News

    Wealth, not just wages, is the way to measure women’s equality

    Los Angeles Times August 25, 2017

  • Wealth, Not Just Wages, is the Way to Measure Women’s Equality

    LA Times August 25, 2017

  • Living in a World They Didn’t Make: A Look at Millennial Women

    Insight Center for Community Economic Development August 25, 2017

  • Level the College Playing Field for Black Women

    East Bay Times August 6, 2017

  • In Search of the Golden Years (video)

    TEDx - Elena Chavez Quezada August 3, 2017

  • July 31 is Another Reminder of How Much the Mommy Tax Hurts Us All

    Motherly August 1, 2017

  • This Is How Bad the Wage Gap Is for Black Women

    Common DreamS July 31, 2017

  • Remembering the Whole Wealth Equation on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

    Equal Rights Advocates July 31, 2017

  • Why The Senate Health Care Bill Will Devastate Single Women

    Bustle July 17, 2017

  • Millions of Americans Have NO Access to Paid Family Leave (video)

    PL+US: Paid Leave for the United States May 17, 2017

  • California Should Expand Tax Credits for the Poor

    San Francisco Chronicle May 16, 2017

  • The Gender Wage Gap Gets a Lot of Attention, But Another Metric is Even More Disconcerting

    Business Inside May 15, 2017

  • Here’s What the GOP Health Care Bill Would (and Wouldn’t Change) for Women’s Health Care

    National Public Radio March 10, 2017

  • The Big Reason Whites are Richer than Blacks in America

    Bloomberg Businessweek February 8, 2017

  • Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap, Together

    Walter and Elise Haas Fund Blog Post January 19, 2017

  • Marching Forward: Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

    Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity January 18, 2017

  • Obamacare Hasn’t Just Made People Healthier, But More Financially Secure

    The Atlantic January 17, 2017

  • Why Gender Equality is Not Enough

    Avis Jones-DeWeever January 8, 2017

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