Read our third phase: The Influence of Gendered Racism and Understanding Economic Fragility for Black Women in the Cincinnati Region
In 2020 the Women’s Fund commissioned a multi-phased research project on Black women’s economic mobility to better understand regional opportunities and deterrents. This project provides an in-depth evaluation through three research reports—a historical analysis on Black female labor trends, an economic assessment within the Cincinnati region, and interviews with Black women to understand their economic mobility journeys.
Read our second phase: Realizing the Potential of an Equitable Economy: Centering Black Women’s Upward Mobility in the Cincinnati Region
At the Women’s Fund we are designing a community in which all women can participate, prosper and reach their full potential, and we know this cannot be achieved without addressing systemic racism and sexism. That’s why we commissioned a multi-phased research project on Black women’s economic mobility to better understand regional opportunities and deterrents.
Read our first phase: Analysis of Black Women’s Historical Labor Trends and Systemic Barriers to Economic Mobility
In the Summer of 2020, we witnessed a national movement for racial equity and justice, which has illuminated the continued oppression of and discrimination against the Black community in the United States of America and emphasized the integration of racist policies and practices reinforced in our systems.
Snapshot: The Status of Women in Hawai`i
Women in Hawai`i have a wide variety of experiences, hopes, and challenges. Below, a variety of indicators of women’s economic, health, and political status in Hawai`i are explored.
Life After Roe in Massachusetts
According to IWPR’s Reproductive Rights Index 2022 update, Massachusetts ranked 16th in the nation across a variety of indicators of reproductive rights, with a grade of B-.
NEW Rapid Research from the Gender Point: Learning from the eCTC, Moving Forward in Maine
On December 15th, 2021, the final round of payments for the expanded Child Tax Credit (eCTC) went out to more than 36 million families across the United States. This iteration of the Child Tax Credit program expanded eligibility. An innovative example of direct cash payments, initial research demonstrates that this expansion was an extremely effective policy measure.
The Gender Point is powered in partnership by the Women’s Funding Network and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
