Resources

The Representation Project’s founder Jennifer Siebel Newsom released her latest film, The Great American Lie, which examines systemic inequality through a gender lens.  CWWG Founder and Executive Director Heather McCulloch  and Founding Partner/Advisor Angela Glover Blackwell are included!

Together with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, CWWG Advisor Elena Chávez Quezada explains why closing the women’s wealth gap is good for families, communities, and the economy.

CWWG is working to help policymakers, private sector leaders, and the public better understand the nature and extent of the gender wealth gap. We developed this guide to provide information that enables various stakeholders to understand the nuances

CWWG’s critical report reviews the recent coronavirus relief packages and assesses the benefits, shortcomings, and implications for women of color.

CWWG’s foundational report seeded a national discussion about the women’s wealth gap, catalyzing a diverse network of leaders to push for policy and practical solutions to build wealth for low-income women and women of color.

Part of CWWG’s Research Series in collaboration with the Asset Funders Network. Gender wealth inequality—or the women’s wealth gap—remains largely overlooked in income-focused discussions of women’s economic security.

Part of CWWG’s Research Series in collaboration with the Asset Funders Network. Gender wealth inequality—or the women’s wealth gap—remains largely overlooked in income-focused discussions of women’s economic security.

This report explores ways business ownership can serve as a wealth-building tool for women, explains the systemic barriers impeding women’s ability to build wealth through business ownership, and suggests ways grant makers, policy advocates, and practitioners can intentionally promote wealth-building by entrepreneurial women through business ownership.

CWWG’s Heather McCulloch and CWWG member Dedrick Asante-Muhammad (National Community Reinvestment Coalition) talk about racial and gender wealth gaps.

CWWG’s Deputy Director Dominique Derbigny joins a panel to discuss reasons why the next Federal bailout package should focus on Black women and women of color.

Dominique Derbigny discusses her report, On the Margins: Economic Security for Women of Color through the Coronavirus and Beyond, about the inequity of aid policy in the time of COVID.

CWWG’s Tiffany Younger participated in this panel discussion, hosted by the Asset Funders Network, to underscore the importance of investing in the care infrastructure.

CWWG invited our #CareCantWait campaign partners to talk about why federal investment in an equitable care infrastructure is critical to building a post-COVID economy that works for everyone. We also include a conversation with Wendy Chun-Hoon, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, who shared the Department’s plans to advance gender and racial economic equity. To view, use this passcode: U^3TWe?4

In the Asset Funder’s Network webinar, CWWG’s Dominique Derbigny unpacks the early federal emergency response in light of our nation’s intersecting gender and racial wealth gaps.

This webinar explores how the millennial gender wealth gap is compounded by systemic barriers including lack of affordable childcare and paid family leave policies,  in addition to student debt, mass incarceration, and changing family structures.

In 2018, the inaugural Reckoning with Women’s Wealth Inequality action forum in Washington, D.C. gathered leaders from the public, private, and independent sectors with the goal of spurring greater attention and leadership commitment to closing the women’s wealth gap. In this nationally live-streamed opening dialogue, several distinguished national leaders shared ideas and insights on this critical issue.