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RaiseForWomen
 
Thank you! The RaiseForWomen Challenge ended this week, and we raised just over $3,400. If you gave, tweeted, shared our Huffington Post article, or otherwise engaged with us, thank you! Every bit of support helps us amplify the power of women-led change. 


This new series from Fast Company takes a look at how women are becoming lead adopters, mobilizing, and more as their use of the internet outpaces men. Fast Company is looking for women mobilizers and innovators to cover, and you can follow more conversation about the series at #FCMobilize. This series makes a great complement to the #FemFuture report that was released this spring.

Last week we shared the new report on breadwinner moms from Pew Research Center, which finds that "a record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family." In the wake of its release, Lou Dobbs and Fox News contributors caused a stir of their own as they used women's breadwinner status as an example of American society's breakdown. WFN member Ms. Foundation took action, launching a petition to cancel Dobbs' show and taking on persistent sexism and misinformation about working moms on Good Morning America.
 
This editorial by The New York Times Public Editor takes a critical look at how poverty and issues affecting low-income people are covered by mainstream media. It acknowledges that "the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism found that in 52 major mainstream news outlets, including The Times, combined coverage of poverty amounted to far less than 1 percent of all front-page articles." 
 
Annie Wright, our Network Engagement Manager, shares this new study by Brookings researchers, which examines the prospects for ending extreme poverty by 2030. The report was the cover story in the latest issue of The Economist and proposes, among many other fascinating points that "the period from 1990 to 2030 resembles a relay race in which responsibility for leading the charge on global poverty reduction passes between China, India and sub-Saharan Africa." 

50 Years Later, Making Pay Equity a Reality
This upcoming Monday, June 10 is the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, and changemakers across our movement are coming together to celebrate how far we've come and take action on the challenges that remain. Here are some good reads and resources on pay equity so you can connect to the movement and take action in your community:
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