Dear Friends,The Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis (WFSTL) is a force for eliminating the barriers to economic success that women face throughout our region. In the past couple of years, WFSTL’s advocacy has changed workplace policies in the public and...
This speech was delivered by WFSTL Executive Director Lisa Weingarth at Making a Difference on September 19, 2019.____ At the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis, our mission is to empower women to succeed. We believe that every woman deserves to reach her full...
At Making a Difference 2019, we gathered to honor former Senator Claire McCaskill, to recognize Vivian Eveloff, and to be inspired by Tiffany Dufu, author of Drop the Ball. The evening was a resounding success, gathering more than 750 people and raising almost...
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...
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...
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...