To gauge the needs and service gaps impacting women and girls in our region, as well as service providers, in 2019 Fairfield County's Community Foundation commissioned two bodies of research.
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, in conjunction with researchers at DataHaven, have developed their first Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut.
NORWALK, CT -- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Fund for Women & Girls’ unveiled research today that will guide The Fund’s development of new investment areas, competitive grant making and advocacy efforts for 2020 and beyond.
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- A phrase Jennifer Steadman heard in 2014 sticks in her mind: “Any gap you can measure, you can close.” Steadman, executive director of the Aurora Foundation, mentioned this idea Tuesday as she discussed findings from a report by Aurora measuring the gender wage gap in Hartford County, and other disparities between men and women in educational and economic outcomes.