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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty. In November 2023, we received a grant from the Capital One Foundation to support our housing and financial empowerment programming.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up. A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. That’s just the beginning.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Such shifts require attention to the root causes of inequality, a process that should ideally take place in parallel with organizational efforts to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion. Strategies that advance equity and justice seek to address the full reality of communities rather than narrow solutions to solve social problems.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that?

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