by wfstl | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
St, Louis County Executive Sam Page pledged to make pay equity for women and minorities a priority of his administration.The County Executive was inspired by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis’s advocacy to sign an executive order banning inquiries into...
by wfstl | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today, on Equal Pay Day, the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis (WFSTL) has released a report on the results from its second annual Women in the Workplace: Employment Scorecard initiative, which evaluates employment practices of organizations in the St. Louis...
by wfstl | Mar 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
A recent report, led by St. Louis University associate professor Dr. Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, found that 64% of low-income St. Louis women occasionally struggle with affording menstrual products such as pads or tampons, and 20% of those women stated that they...
by wfstl | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
A recent study found that nearly two-thirds of low-income women in the St. Louis region can’t always afford pads or tampons – often resorting to rags, diapers or paper towels. This issue is often referred to as “period poverty,” and has serious economic and health...
by wfstl | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
From our Executive Director At the State of the Union address, many wore buttons proclaiming “ERA YES” pinned to their white lapels – an endorsement of the Equal Rights Amendment which is once again gaining momentum throughout the country. The ERA would...
