Elder Women in CA Lead Change for Healthy Aging
SummaryHelp 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
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
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
Organization
Women's Foundation of California
340 Pine St., Suite 302
San Francisco,
California
94104
United States
415-837-1113
http://www.womensfoundca.org
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 4, 2008
