Webinar to discuss help for women

I spent some time yesterday on the telephone with an entrepreneur friend of mine who is now looking for a job because her Spanish translation/interpretation/teaching business has been tanked by the recession. She's one of several friends who have seen their once-thriving businesses suffer because people don't have money for such luxuries as Spanish lessons these days.

My friend can depend on her husband to sustain her through the tough times, but many other women are finding paying the rent, utilities and groceries more difficult. The Women's Economic Security Campaign is set to hold a webinar Wednesday to release information on efforts to help low-income women recover from the economic crisis, according to an e-mailed news release I received from the organization's publicist.

WESC will release "Aiming Higher: Removing Barriers to Education, Training and Jobs for Low-Income Women," the second report in a series "highlighting the crucial steps to economic recovery and opportunity for low-income women hit hard by the recession," according to the e-mail from the Hatcher Group. Registration is required for the webinar, which is scheduled to take place from 1-2 p.m.

"Aiming Higher" outlines efforts to help women improve their job skills, better their education and prepare to move into jobs that will be family friendly and asks Congress to consider establishing policies to help low-income women to improve their financial plight.

Speakers scheduled to participate in the webinar include Sara Manzano-Diaz, director of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor; Tona Cravioto, CASA de Maryland's senior manager for vocational training and workforce development; and Laura Seidell, senior vice president-Memphis program, Seedco.

WESC is a joint effort of the Chicago Foundation for Women, the Washington Area Women's Foundation, the Women's Foundation of California and the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis. It works with the Women's Funding Network to draw together women's foundations to help women in financial need, especially single mothers.

We need this recession to turn around! 

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Avis Thomas-Lester

 |  May 4, 2010; 5:00 AM ET Save & Share:                 
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