Women and Girls Foundation

The Women and Girls Foundation (WGF) is an independent, community-based organization serving 11 counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The stated goal of the foundation is to achieve equality for women and girls in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Their efforts include advocacy, coalition building and grantmaking. The CEO of WGF is Heather Arnet.[1] WGF was established as an independent 501(c) (3) in 2002 and has grown to include a donor base of several hundred individuals.

Recent WGF campaigns that have received media coverage include a “girlcott” of Abercrombie and Fitch clothing store[2] and an annual Equal Pay Rally in Pittsburgh.[3] Members of their Regional Change Agents program were invited to the White House to attend a private mentoring luncheon with President Obama.[4]

WGF has also made headlines by bringing girls to shadow their state legislators with their GirlGov program.[5] They also helped lead efforts to make the shackling of female prisoners during childbirth illegal throughout the state of Pennsylvania,[6] as well as exerting effort to increase women on corporate boards.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ “Organization Summary.” The Women and Girls Foundation. 2008. 16 May 2008. http://www.wgfswpa.org/section_home/aboutUs.htm
  2. ↑ “Abercrombie & Fitch No Match for These Ladies.” Chicago Sun-Times. 8 November 2005. 16 May 2008. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E3CD17E6B6DF98&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  3. ↑ “Crowd Urges Closure of Pay Gap.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 23 April 2007. 16 May 2008. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08117/876695-28.stm
  4. ↑ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10172/1067095-455.stm
  5. ↑ http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/opinion/a-fine-point/7588-girl-power-young-women-can-focus-early-on-politics
  6. ↑ http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/opinion/a-fine-point/19959
  7. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2011/04/08/mccord-issue-of-women-corporate-boards.html

External links

Additional Press

1. “Big Ben, fallen hero: It's time to find new ones" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, April 22, 2010, By Stephanie Rex and Heather Arnet. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10112/1052343-109.stm

2. “Rx for ailing economies: women. To solve the world's problems, the G-20 must look to 60 percent of the work force,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, September 23, 2009, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09266/1000134-109.stm#ixzz0XMVPxaLk

3. “Why diversity matters despite the recession,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 17, 2009 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09076/955998-334.stm

4. “Fair Pay Act a good start for Obama administration,” Pittsburgh Business Times, February 6, 2009, http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/02/09/editorial2.html

5. “Companies benefit by developing more inclusive work environments,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 12, 2008, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08286/919108-407.stm

6. “The Private Sector: Time to spread the fortune,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 16, 2006 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06136/690406-28.stm

7. “Top 10 reasons for more women on corporate boards,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 21, 2006, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06080/673573-334.stm

8. “Zero tolerance for domestic violence,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 27, 2007, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07178/797309-109.stm

9. "High school girls get a look at how state government works," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 19, 2011, http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_762609.html

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