Elder Women in CA Lead Change for Healthy Aging

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Summary

Help build the capacity of diverse elder women and their allies to advocate for change that affects their health and well-being, and the broader community, by supporting the Elder Women's Initiative.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Elder women face vast economic inequities earning 30% less in Social Security than men limiting their access to resources, in particular health care. Health care inequities often lead to chronic illness. Especially hard hit are women of color, immigrant women, low-income women and other underserved populations in California.

Activities

The Elderly Women's Initiative organizes local planning committees that highlight priority issues and leadership opportunities for elder women and support outreach efforts to put elder women in touch with policy makers and decision makers.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $10,510
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,490
Total Funding Goal: $15,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To increase elder women advocates and build a movement for a California where we can all age in our own homes with well-being, dignity and economic security.

Project Message

This is a critical opportunity to create a new definition of what aging means today. It provides a venue for older women to create a vision of aging with dignity, well-being and economic security.
- Roma Guy, Health Policy Chair, California Women’s Agenda

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Karla Rodriguez,
Special Projects Program Officer
340 Pine St.
Suite 406
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States
415-831-1113
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women's Funding Network

Organization

Women's Foundation of California
340 Pine St., Suite 302
San Francisco, California 94104
United States
415-837-1113
http://www.womensfoundca.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Health.

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When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 04, 2008.

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