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  • GoWomen: Embrace Complexity

    FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Embrace Complexity Embracing complexity does not come naturally for any of us. As human beings, we are hard-wired to sift […]

  • GoWomen: Flippin' the Script on "Philanthropy"

    FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Flippin’ the Script on “Philanthropy” Today, September 4, 2019, marks my 100th day at Chicago Foundation for Women. For […]

  • Pritzker signs stripped-down corporate diversity bill, calls it a ‘big first step’

    Mary Ellen Podmolik and Dan Petrella Chicago Tribune Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will lead to an annual report on the gender, racial and ethnic […]

  • Commentary: It takes 20 months for a black woman to earn what a man earns in a year. We can fix that.

    Dorri McWhorter and Cherita Ellens Chicago Tribune The recent signing into law of the “no salary history” bill by Gov. J.B. Pritzker has brought the gender pay […]

  • Gender Equity in Chicago Improving but Disparities Persist

    Philanthropy News Digest While several indicators of women’s equity in Chicago and the surrounding region improved in 2017, rates of violent crimes against women rose […]

  • Chicago Foundation for Women Releases New Data on Status of Women and Girls in Chicago

    Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) today released new data on the status of women and girls in Chicago. The report (available for download at www.cfw.org/swag) looks at […]

  • In 2017, Chicago Area Women Earned 78% Of What Men Made

    Natalie Moore WBEZ Women in the Chicago region fare well in politics and educational attainment but a gender equity gap in pay remains an issue. […]

  • GoWomen: We Are More Than Enough

    FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT We Are More Than Enough This quote, which is commonly attributed to George Eliot (the pen name for Mary Ann […]
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