Investing in women and girls to ensure their safety, health and success
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Women and girls make up more than half of the U.S. population. But philanthropy has long underfunded organizations that serve them.
According to the Women & Girls Index from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, donations to organizations that serve women and girls make up less than two percent of all philanthropic giving in the U.S.
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a Twin Cities leader who is trying to change that.
Gloria Perez, the president and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, says investing in women and girls is critical to growing gender and racial equity.
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Guest:
Gloria Perez is the president and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. She is a former president and CEO for the Jeremiah Program, a nonprofit that aims to end poverty for single mothers and children. And she was the executive director of Casa de Esperanza — now Esperanza United — where she mobilized Latinas to end domestic violence.
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