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The DCWA hosts public forums throughout DC on women's issues. Washington Area Women in the Trades. Wider Opportunities for Women partnered with the YWCA National Capital Area, and the Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO to create the Washington Area Women in the Trades (WAWIT) Program in 2007.
Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture ( CNFA) is a non-profit international development organization based in Washington, DC. [1] CNFA's mission is to increase and sustain rural incomes in less developed areas of the world by assisting farmers and rural entrepreneurs. [2] CNFA works in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, South and Central Asia ...
Washington Area Women's Foundation. Washington Area Women's Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in Washington, DC, that brings together women who act as donors and activists. This network of women invests in the lives of low-income women – and single moms in particular – so they, in turn, can enrich the lives of their children.
The Women's March [13] [14] [15] [a] was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were considered misogynistic and represented a threat to the rights of women. [13] [19] It was at the time the largest single-day ...
455 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., U.S. President. Tamara Cofman Wittes. Website. www .ndi .org. The National Democratic Institute ( NDI) [a] is a non-profit American non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and ...
Woman Suffrage Procession. / 38.89500°N 77.02778°W / 38.89500; -77.02778. The Woman Suffrage Procession on March 3, 1913, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. [citation needed] The procession was organized by the suffragists Alice Paul ...
The Women's City Club of Washington, D.C. was established in 1919. [1] [2] The founding president was Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C., who was the first woman municipal judge in the United States. [1] [3] The club became a member of the Federation of Women's Clubs in 1920, and was the first local women's club with ...
While the White population of DC represents 43.6% of the total, part of this grouping includes a number of European-born residents, who range from expats to dual citizens. There are 18,359 foreign-born European DC residents. The largest groups include 2,407 from the United Kingdom, 2,271 from Germany, 2,103 from France, and 899 from Italy.