{"id":8192,"date":"2023-03-08T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nptrust.org\/?p=8192"},"modified":"2024-07-17T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T15:31:00","slug":"centering-health-education-and-equity-for-womens-history-month-and-year-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nptrust.org\/philanthropic-resources\/philanthropist\/centering-health-education-and-equity-for-womens-history-month-and-year-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Centering Health, Education and Equity for Women\u2019s History Month\u2014and Year-Round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March is Women\u2019s History Month in the United States and International Women\u2019s Day is celebrated on March 8th. While a single month is hardly sufficient to fully acknowledge all that women and girls do to contribute to thriving households, communities and countries, it is an opportunity to uplift voices and achievements that may otherwise go unnoticed. It also brings into focus the areas where women and girls still face challenges and offers an opportunity to support advancing gender equity. In fact, there are opportunities every day to address persistent inequities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women have long faced a host of social inequities, including stark differences in wages, disparities in health care, gender-based violence, the burdens of care work and a lack of balance in leadership positions on every level\u2014from C-suites to public office. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these already existing issues. Many nonprofit organizations have stepped up to fill the growing equity gaps affecting women and girls, yet in the U.S., just 1.9% of overall charitable giving<\/a> goes to organizations focused on women and girls, according to a study from Indiana University\u2019s Lilly School of Philanthropy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donors who want to support advances in gender equity can direct their giving to nonprofit organizations helping to drive change and close the gender gap in a variety of ways. One thing you can do this month (or anytime throughout the year) is review your grantmaking and integrate women\u2019s and girls\u2019 causes into your philanthropic portfolio. Below we\u2019ve gathered a non-exhaustive list of organizations supporting women in philanthropy across several issue areas: health, education, representation in government, and economic mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As of January 2023, women made up 28% of the 118th U.S. Congress<\/a>, a new record but still far from representative of the nation as a whole. Female legislators are more likely to introduce, discuss and advocate for policies that disproportionately affect women and girls, such as paid family leave, pay equity and policies to minimize gender-based violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n