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June 19, 1997 [1] The New Century Guild, now the New Century Trust, is an historic women's support organization which is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1882, it is one of the oldest and largest organizations devoted to meeting the needs of women in the labor force. From its founding, the organization's goal has been to ...
t. e. Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. [1] [2] [3] Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the ...
Female farmers in Kenya. Gender inequality both leads to and is a result of food insecurity. According to estimates, women and girls make up 60% of the world's chronically hungry and little progress has been made in ensuring the equal right to food for women enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against ...
Women, Wine & Wings will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at Perfect Day Party & Event Venue, 226 Capital Ave. NE. Those interested can RVSP by texting their name or names to (269) 243-6652. Guests ...
Women's Way is a grantmaking, advocacy, and education 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit that deals with current issues facing women and girls in the greater Philadelphia region. [1] Several women-focused nonprofits formed the organization in the late-1970s in response to financial struggles. The causes they served at the time were controversial and ...
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program ( NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945. Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933. The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901. Beta Sigma Phi – founded 1931. Communist Women's International (1920–1930) – established to advance communist ideas ...
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ( PFASS) was founded in December 1833, a few days after the first meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society (in Philadelphia), and dissolved in March 1870 following the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was founded by eighteen women, including Lucretia Mott ...