I have been meaning to post about the new(ish) report from the White House Council on Women and Girls for a couple of weeks now, but the time has just gotten away from me. The report titled Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being provides readers with lots of helpful quantitative data on the current [...]
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Women in America
Posted in Research & Data, Women on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oklahoma Child Well-Being Statistics
Posted in Family, Health, Poverty, Research & Data, Women on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released their KIDS COUNT Data Book, which looks at 10 key indicators of child well-being. Once again, Oklahoma is at the bottom of the rankings at 44th. This means that children in 43 states have it better than children in Oklahoma. In addition to ranking states on overall child [...]
Non-Profit Fitness Centers
Posted in Health, Women on June 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Almost everyday we hear about the health risks of obesity or the rising rates of diabetes in the US. These same stories also tell us that getting more exercise and eating healthy are the best ways to live a healthier life, but what if you live in a community that does not include access to affordable exercise facilities [...]
Tulsa World Shines a Light on Healthy Women, Healthy Futures
Posted in Community Partnerships, Health & Mental Health, Poverty, Women, tagged Healthy Women Healthy Futures on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tulsa World recently published an excellent article about Healthy Women, Healthy Futures (HWHF), which is an interconception health promotion program serving women in Tulsa. CAP in conjunction with the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa College of Nursing and the George Kaiser Family Foundation launched the program to improve the physical, emotional, social, dental, and vision health of non-pregnant [...]
Microloans and Milestones
Posted in Asset Building, Economic Security & Advancement, Research & Data, Women on February 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last week the Tulsa World was one of many papers to publish a press release from Sam Daley-Harris, director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign, celebrating more than 106 million microloans in 2007. In 1997 when a goal was set to reach 100 million of the world’s poorest families with microloans by 2005, it had to be [...]
Webinar: Working Women and Social Security
Posted in Economic Security & Advancement, Women, tagged benefits, events, webinars, Women on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a webinar on September 10, noon Central time, called “Planning for the Future: What Working Women Need to Know about Social Security and Retirement Savings.” The webinar is aimed at service providers, advocates, and individuals. Registration is free – Register here.
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