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USING A GENDER LENS TO ENHANCE OUTCOMES AND DRIVE INNOVATION EPIP Webinar November 5th, 2014 EPIP Host: Michael Barham Speaker: Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, Washington Area Women’s Foundation

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Today’s Panelists Speaker: • Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, President and CEO, Washington Area Women’s Foundation

Using a Gender Lens to Enhance Outcomes and Drive Innovation

EPIP National Webinar

November 5, 2014

Washington Area Women’s Foundation What we do

Mission

We work to mobilize our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls in the Washington region have the resources they need to thrive.

Activities •  Grantmaking •  Research and education •  Catalyzing women’s philanthropy

Washington Area Women’s Foundation

•  Gender lens •  Narrow focus on economic security •  Data driven grantmaking •  Local funder •  Voice and influence

Our Unique Position

Case Study: Goodwill of Greater Washington

Case Study: Two-Generation Work

Launched in 2013 in response to extensive landscaping work, including a look at: Quantitative Data: •  As of 2008, one in ten girls in our region did not complete high school. DC public schools have the lowest graduation rate in the nation at 60%.

•  Teen pregnancy impacts a mother’s educational attainment and economic security. Only 40% of teen mothers are likely to have graduated from high school, and just 2% of girls who have children before age 18 finish college by age 30.

Qualitative Data: •  There is a critical gap in services and funding for middle school aged youth, and very few programs or policies that approach this work with a gender lens.

Case Study: Two-Generation Work

Focused on middle school aged girls and their female caregivers. Goals: •  Empower girls as social change agents. •  Support high school completion. •  Encourage positive choices that decrease risky behavior and early pregnancy, and increase health and well-being.

Request for Proposals: Encouraged collaboration between organizations.

Implementation: Planning grants to provide space for organizations to plan this new and exciting work.

Takeaways

•  Incorporate a gender lens into your work where appropriate •  Utilize data •  Seek out opportunities to fill critical gaps in programming through your funding •  Fund thoughtful planning •  Embrace your role as a convener •  Raise the voice of the community

Enhance outcomes and drive innovation

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info@wawf.org � 202.347.7737 jlockwoodshabat@wawf.org