Economic Development & Security

Women contribute actively to economic development and sustainability. Their social status determines their access to opportunities for economic autonomy and advancement. In the US, the glass ceiling is still firmly in place in many sectors of the economy. Globally, economic development efforts are doomed to failure without women’s active involvement and participation. More efforts need to focus on empowering women as wage earners, entrepreneurs and business owners. Microfinance programs also offer great potential to lift women out of poverty.

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Reports & Publications

Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:22am
Women in Fund Management: A Road Map for Achieving Critical Mass — and Why it Matters
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:19am
NCRW Economic Recovery and Stimulus Project
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 3:23pm
Recession, Stimulus and the Child Care Sector: Understanding Economic Dynamics, Calculating Impact
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 10:54am
Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Our Nation's Economic Recovery Efforts
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 12:15pm

Blog Posts

Investing in Child Care Pays Large Dividends in Economic Growth
vivhdem
By Shyama Venkateswar, Ph.D.*I joined a distinguished panel of researchers, advocates, and experts at the Yale Club on Thursday, January 19th when I...
National Council of Women’s Organizations Launches “Respect, Protect, Reject” Campaign
afaitelson
This post was originally featured on the Institute for Women's Policy Research Blog on July 19, 2011.  By Heidi Reynolds-Stenson
Changing Workplace Scheduling as an Anti-Poverty Strategy
Kyla Bender-Baird
By Melissa StevensonAt the June 22nd brown bag lunch, “Changing Workplace Scheduling as an Anti-Poverty Strategy,” sponsored by Half in...
Living Wages and Economic Security Out of Reach for Many Americans
Kate Meyer
*By Kate Meyer
Looking to Women in America for Solutions
Kate Meyer
*By Kate MeyerLast week Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal...

Member Experts

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Nancy Biberman
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Khushbu Srivastava
Khushbu Srivastava joined the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation as Director or Marketing and Communications in October 2010...
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Radhika Balakrishnan
Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, has a Ph.D. in...
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Sari Pekkala Kerr
Sari Pekkala Kerr is an economist and a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. She joined the WCW in 2010...
Kyla Bender-Baird
Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Manager, is providing the Council with a wide range of research and communications support. She received a...

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News

  • Female Longevity Offset by Lethal Gender Gaps
    March 14, 2012

     Women outlive men, while lagging behind.
  • It Takes Women to End Global Poverty
    March 11, 2012

     Women work two-thirds of the world's working hours and produce half of the world's food. Yet, women earn only 10 percent of the world's income and own less than 1 percent of the world's property.
  • The Economic Impact of the Pill
    March 7, 2012

    The recent controversy over contraception and health insurance has focused on who should pay for the pill. But there is a wealth of economic evidence about the value of the pill – to taxpayers as well as to women in general.

     
  • Investing in Female Entrepreneurs: The Impact of Goldman Sachs’ “10,000 Women”
    March 2, 2012

    In 2008, Goldman Sachs launched 10,000 Women, a $100 million philanthropic initiative, which at the time, was the largest in Goldman’s history. The goal of the five year program is to provide business and management training to 10,000...
  • Hillary's Women's Rights Problem
    January 13, 2012

     Hillary Clinton is well known for her statement that "women's rights are human rights." So it would seem that the last place she would expect resistance to her foreign policy agenda would be from women's rights organizations.