How can lessons from grantmaking with a gender lens be applied more broadly? The Washington Area Women’s Foundation is using a gender lens in grantmaking to fill an important need in their community and help their Grantee Partners achieve enhanced outcomes. They spoke with us about how they are using their unique position and influence to drive innovation through their pioneering two-generation work with middle-school girls and their female caregivers, and how to apply what they’ve learned through this experience in one’s own work. Speaker: • Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, President and CEO, Washington Area Women's Foundation

1. USING A GENDER LENS TO ENHANCE
OUTCOMES AND DRIVE INNOVATION
EPIP Webinar
November 5th, 2014
EPIP Host: Michael Barham
Speaker: Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat,
Washington Area Women’s Foundation

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8. Today’s Panelists
Speaker:
• Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, President and CEO,
Washington Area Women’s Foundation

9. Using a Gender Lens to Enhance
Outcomes and Drive Innovation
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November 5, 2014

10. Washington Area Women’s Foundation
What we do
Mission
We work to mobilize our community
to ensure that economically
vulnerable women and girls in the
Washington region have the
resources they need to thrive.
Activities
• Grantmaking
• Research and education
• Catalyzing women’s philanthropy

12. Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Our Unique Position
• Gender lens
• Narrow focus on economic security
• Data driven grantmaking
• Local funder
• Voice and influence

13. Case Study:
Goodwill of Greater Washington

14. Case Study:
Two-Generation Work
Launched in 2013 in response to extensive
landscaping work, including a look at:
Quantitative Data:
• As of 2008, one in ten girls in our region did not complete high school. DC
public schools have the lowest graduation rate in the nation at 60%.
• Teen pregnancy impacts a mother’s educational attainment and
economic security. Only 40% of teen mothers are likely to have graduated
from high school, and just 2% of girls who have children before age 18
finish college by age 30.
Qualitative Data:
• There is a critical gap in services and funding for middle school aged
youth, and very few programs or policies that approach this work with a
gender lens.

15. Case Study:
Two-Generation Work
Focused on middle school aged girls and their
female caregivers.
Goals:
• Empower girls as social change agents.
• Support high school completion.
• Encourage positive choices that decrease
risky behavior and early pregnancy, and
increase health and well-being.
Request for Proposals:
Encouraged collaboration between
organizations.
Implementation:
Planning grants to provide space for
organizations to plan this new and
exciting work.

16. Takeaways
Enhance outcomes and drive innovation
• Incorporate a gender lens into your work where
appropriate
• Utilize data
• Seek out opportunities to fill critical gaps in
programming through your funding
• Fund thoughtful planning
• Embrace your role as a convener
• Raise the voice of the community

17. JOIN THE MOVEMENT!
www.TheWomensFoundation.org
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Washington Area Women’s Foundation
info@wawf.org 202.347.7737
jlockwoodshabat@wawf.org