50 Years of WOMEN’S WAY: Barriers, Breakthroughs, and What’s Next

WOMEN’S WAY Launches 50th Anniversary Year

50 Years of Collective Action for Gender Equity     For 50 years, WOMEN’S WAY has advanced gender equity across Greater Philadelphia by investing in local leadership, supporting community-led solutions,…

Advocacy Community Meet Up

Show Her The Money: Philly Screening and Mixer

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Freedom, Joy, and Belonging

Join the WOMEN’S WAY Advocacy Community

Learn with us, meet your people, & amplify your voice. We’re excited to introduce the WOMEN’S WAY Advocacy Community! This new space is open to anyone who wants to fight…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Family and Community Care

2025 Rapid Response General Operating Fund

Meet the 2025 Rapid Response General Operating Fund Grantees In moments of uncertainty, rapid response funding helps ensure that critical work continues without interruption. The 2025 Rapid Response General Operating…

Just Released: Gender Wealth Summit 2025 Report

Gender Wealth Summit 2025 Report On September 26th, 2025, the 4th Annual Gender Wealth Summit brought together 125 attendees from across the region and sectors to expand knowledge and build…

17th Annual Book Prize: Jessica Valenti

FOEW Pay Equity Report 2025

Kelly Sheard, Chief Strategy Officer, featured in the Forum of Executive Women’s 2025 Pay Equity Report About the Pay Equity Report Although the Equal Pay Act was passed 60 years…

4th Annual Gender Wealth Summit

Announcing the 17th Annual Book Prize Honoree

Announcing the 17th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize Honoree: Jessica Valenti WOMEN’S WAY is thrilled to announce that Jessica Valenti, New York Times best-selling author, activist, and one of the…

2025 GEEP Grantees: Reimagining the Care Economy

2025 GEEP Grantees: Reimagining the Care Economy WOMEN’S WAY is proud to announce the 2025 grantees of the Gender Economic Equity Program (GEEP), a new initiative investing in the care…

Press Release: WOMEN’S WAY Announces 2025 GEEP Grantees

Four Philly Area Nonprofits Receive Multi-Year Funding to Strengthen the Region’s Care Economy WOMEN’S WAY awards $940,000 in grants to support local solutions that center and strengthen care work across…

Virtual Lecture with Dr. Nancy Folbre

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Resource Navigation and Support

Now Streaming: Beyond the Razor Wire Fence Podcast

Welcome to Beyond the Razor Wire Fence A new podcast about healing, loving, and staying free. Beyond the Razor Wire Fence features WOMEN’S WAY Change the Narrative Fellows sharing their…

Photography Exhibition: “Today We Are Possible”

“Today We Are Possible” Ongoing photography exhibit explores the intersections of gender and wealth through the lens of six Philadelphia women captured in stunning, intimate portraits by Gregory Wright VISIT…

Response to Passage of “Big Beautiful Bill”

WOMEN’S WAY Responds to Passage of “Big Beautiful Bill” July 11, 2025 The passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” last week will have a deep and lasting impact on the…

The Philadelphia Citizen: Mission Aligned Investing

What Happens When Philanthropists Match Their Investments With Their Values? Originally Published on June 24, 202 by Courtney Duchene for The Philadelphia Citizen Nine local foundations and nonprofits are now…

2025 Rapid Response General Operating Fund Opens

2025 Rapid Response General Operating Fund Open For Applications WOMEN’S WAY is now accepting applications for the 2025 Rapid Response General Operating Fund (RRGOF), a pooled fund offering up to…

47th Annual Celebration Recap

WOMEN’S WAY 47TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION: DESIGNING A FUTURE FOR ALL On May 21st, 2025, WOMEN’S WAY welcomed close to 400 changemakers, advocates, and supporters to the stunning Crystal Tea Room…

WOMEN’S WAY 47th Annual Celebration

Press Release: WOMEN’S WAY Launches Gender Economic Equity Program

WOMEN’S WAY Launches Gender Economic Equity Program To Strengthen Care Sector For Immediate Release | Philadelphia, PA | May 1, 2025 WOMEN’S WAY, Philadelphia’s leading nonprofit dedicated to achieving gender…

Introducing the Speakers Bureau

The WOMEN’S WAY Speakers Bureau Too often, conversations about gender and economic inequities exclude the people most impacted by these injustices. When dominant narratives reinforce harmful stereotypes or ignore systemic…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Health and Healing

New Initiative – Gender Economic Equity Program

Announcing the Gender Economic Equity Program We’re thrilled to introduce our newest initiative – The Gender Economic Equity Program (GEEP). This initiative will provide multi-year general operating grants to organizations…

Nominations Needed: 17th Annual Book Prize

Nominations needed for the 17th Annual Book Prize Did you read an amazing book last year? Consider nominating it for the 17th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize! Nominations are due by…

Volunteers Needed: WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize Committee

WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize Committee The Book Prize Committee is responsible for selecting the winner of the 17th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize.  Committee Details and Responsibilities: Books will be…

Save the Date: WOMEN’S WAY 47th Annual Celebration

WOMEN’S WAY 47th Annual Celebration – Save The Date!  Mark your calendars! On May 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM ET we will come together for the WOMEN’S WAY 47th Annual…

Board Update: Meet our Three Newest Members

Board Update: Meet our Three Newest Members We’re thrilled to welcome three incredible leaders to our Board of Directors: Leah Herman, Gina Palmisano, and Courtney Yeakel! Keep reading to learn…

The Gender Wealth Framework Report: Expanding How We Define, Measure, and Build Wealth

The Gender Wealth Framework Report: Expanding How We Define, Measure, and Build Wealth The WOMEN’S WAY Gender Wealth Framework is designed as a guide for 1) practitioners to design and…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Stability and Opportunity

WOMEN’S WAY Strategic Plan Info Session

Press Release: WOMEN’S WAY Introduces New 3-Year Strategic Plan

WOMEN’S WAY Introduces New 3-Year Strategic Plan to Advance Gender Equity For Immediate Release | Philadelphia, PA | January 16, 2024 WOMEN’S WAY, Philadelphia’s leading nonprofit dedicated to achieving gender…

Announcing Our 2025 Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum Series

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum 2025 The Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Series is back for 2025! Across four virtual events this year, we’ll explore how we can build…

2024 General Election Results

WOMEN’S WAY 2024 General Election Response Since our founding in the mid-1970s, WOMEN’S WAY has been at the forefront of efforts to advance gender equity in Philadelphia and beyond. Born…

Press Release: WOMEN’S WAY Reacts to General Election Results

WOMEN’S WAY Reacts to General Election Results For Immediate Release | Philadelphia, PA | November 6, 2024 The following is a statement by Diane Cornman-Levy, Chief Disruptor at WOMEN’S WAY:…

3rd Annual Gender Wealth Summit Report

3rd Annual Gender Wealth Summit Report Released Every year that WOMEN’S WAY hosts the Gender Wealth Summit, we ask for our communities to respond and reflect on the previous year’s…

16th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize

Recap: 16th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize On October 23rd, 2024, WOMEN’S WAY hosted our 16th Annual Book Prize honoring New York Times best-selling author, Sadeqa Johnson, for her novel…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Incarceration as Wealth Extraction

Negotiation Skills for Women Workshop – SOLD OUT

Board Update: Meet our Five Newest Members

Board Update: Meet our Five Newest Members We’re excited to welcome five incredible new members to our Board of Directors this fall! Each brings unique expertise and a deep commitment…

Recap: 3rd Annual Gender Wealth Summit

Recap: 3rd Annual Gender Wealth Summit     On September 20th, WOMEN’S WAY and the Gender Wealth Institute hosted the 3rd Annual Gender Wealth Summit, giving attendees an amazing opportunity…

Financial Wellness Program Launches 2nd Cohort

WOMEN’S WAY Launches 2nd Cohort of Financial Wellness Program We are thrilled to announce the launch of our 2nd Cohort of FWP, which will run from September 2024 to March…

3rd Annual Gender Wealth Summit – SOLD OUT

CTGWG Recap: Exploring Models of Shared Wealth

Recap: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum – Exploring Models of Shared Wealth In this month’s Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum, we talked about how cooperatives, or co-ops, can…

We Moved!

WOMEN’S WAY New Office Location We are excited to announce that as of August 1, 2024, WOMEN’S WAY has moved to a new location.   Our new address is: WOMEN’S…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Exploring Models of Shared Wealth

Exciting Update on Our Strategic Planning Process

Strategic Plan Update (June 2024) As we look towards the future, we are thrilled to share that we are in the process of developing our next three-year strategic plan (2024-2027).…

46th Annual Celebration Recap

WOMEN’S WAY 46th Annual Celebration Equity Champions Unite On May 22nd, 2024, WOMEN’S WAY hosted its 46th Annual Celebration: Equity Champions Unite at the stunning Crystal Team Room. This year’s…

CTGWG Recap: Community Wealth Building

Recap: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum – It Takes a Village, Community Wealth Building “Community Wealth Building is really is an ideology of ‘we’ and that starts at the…

WOMEN’S WAY Featured on Making Love and Designing the Future Podcast

Diane Cornman-Levy & Kelly Sheard: Disruptors for Change In this episode of Making Love & Designing the Future, host Jos Duncan Asé from Love Now Media interviews Kelly Sheard, Director…

PA Momnibus Townhall Recording

PA Momnibus Townhall PA State Reps Morgan Cephas, Gina Curry, and La’Tasha Mayes from the PA Black Maternal Health Caucus joined us to share more information about the Pennsylvania Momnibus,…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: It Takes a Village, Community Wealth Building

Cerrando la Brecha De Riqueza De Género: El Desarrollo de la Riqueza Comunitaria

Press Release: WOMEN’S WAY To Honor Christen Press and Tobin Heath at 46th Annual Celebration

WOMEN’S WAY To Honor 2x World Cup Champions Christen Press and Tobin Heath at Annual Celebration Philadelphia’s leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing gender and racial equity will present its highest…

WOMEN’S WAY 46th Annual Celebration – Tickets Are Live!

WOMEN’S WAY 46th Annual Celebration Calling all Equity Champions! You are invited to our largest fundraiser and premiere event of the year, the WOMEN’S WAY 46th Annual Celebration: Equity Champions…

Momnibus Town Hall

CTGWG Recap: Advancing Gender Equity with Guaranteed Income

Recap: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum – Advancing Gender Equity with Guaranteed Income In the latest installment of the Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum series, our panelists discussed…

Meet our Fourth Cohort of Change the Narrative Fellows

Meet our Fourth Cohort of Change the Narrative Fellows! We’re excited to introduce our fourth cohort of Change the Narrative Fellows! The Change the Narrative Fellowship is dedicated to equipping…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Advancing Gender Equity with Guaranteed Income

Board Update: Meet our Three Newest Members!

Board Update: Meet our Three Newest Members! We’re thrilled to announce the newest additions to our Board of Directors, three dynamic individuals who join us with a wealth of expertise…

CTGWG Recap: Catalyzing Change in the Labor Movement

Recap: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum – Catalyzing Change in the Labor Movement On March 19th, WOMEN’S WAY hosted Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Catalyzing Change in the…

Fox29 Good Day Philadelphia: WOMEN’S WAY Wednesdays

WOMEN’S WAY Wednesdays Returns to Stratus Rooftop Lounge Tune in to catch WOMEN’S WAY Director of the Gender Wealth Institute, Kelly Sheard, join representatives from Stratus Lounge and Sisterly Love…

Women’s History Month 2024

Women’s History Month 2024 Join WOMEN’S WAY throughout the month of March to honor Women’s History Month! As we commemorate this special month, we invite you to join us in…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Catalyzing Change in the Labor Movement

Womanly Magazine: ‘Today We Are Possible’ Photo Exhibition

‘Today We Are Possible’ — A Photo Exhibition Exploring the Intersections of Gender and Wealth Originally Published on February 28, 2024 by Regine Roquia for Womanly Magazine. On January 31st,…

16th Annual Book Prize Nominations

Nominations needed for the 16th Annual Book Prize Did you read an amazing book last year? Consider nominating it for the 16th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize! Nominations are due by…

WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize Committee 2024

WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize Committee The Book Prize Committee is responsible for selecting the winner of the 16th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize.  Committee Details and Responsibilities: Books will be…

Explore the New Gender Wealth Gap Learning Module

Explore the New Gender Wealth Gap Learning Module We are so excited to announce the launch of the Gender Wealth Gap Learning Module, an innovative online resource aimed at dispelling…

Save the Date: WOMEN’S WAY 46th Annual Celebration

WOMEN’S WAY 46th Annual Celebration – Save The Date!  (Update 3/13/24: Tickets for the 46th Annual Celebration are now available! For more info and to purchase your ticket, please click…

Empowering Financial Well-being: Introducing the Financial Wellness Program

Empowering Financial Well-Being: Introducing the Financial Wellness Program Statistics reveal a staggering reality – 106 million people in the United States live in economically insecure households, with 49% of employed…

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation to Improve Financial Wellness of Women and Gender Expansive Employees     We are excited to share that WOMEN’S WAY has received…

Press Release: Photo Exhibit Explores Intersection of Gender and Wealth

“Today We Are Possible” Photo Exhibit Explores Intersection of Gender and Wealth in Philadelphia For Immediate Release – January 23, 2024 PHILADELPHIA, PA – WOMEN’S WAY invites you to a…

“Today We Are Possible” Photo Exhibit Opening Reception

CTGWG Recap: Tackling Wealth Supremacy

Recap: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum – Tackling Wealth Supremacy “I am deliberately playing off, of course, white supremacy when I devised the term ‘wealth supremacy,’ because what I’m…

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

WOMEN’S WAY Receives $50,000 Grant from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey   We are excited to share that WOMEN’S WAY received a $50,000 grant from United…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: From Extraction to Equity – Tackling Wealth Supremacy

Cerrando la Brecha De Riqueza De Género: De la Extracción a la Equidad Económica

Announcing Our Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum 2024 Series

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum Series 2024 Lineup Heading into its third year, the Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum series remains steadfast in its mission to educate stakeholders…

CTGWG Recap: Building an Equitable Ecosystem for Women of Color Entrepreneurs

Recap: Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Building an Equitable Ecosystem for Women of Color Entrepreneurs Navigating the entrepreneurial landscape is no easy feat, and for Women of Color, the…

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Building an Equitable Ecosystem for Women of Color Entrepreneurs

Transgender Awareness Week: November 13-19

Transgender Awareness Week: November 13-19 This week, we’re commemorating Trans Awareness Week, a time to unite and raise awareness around the challenges faced by the trans and nonbinary community. What…

Grant Blvd and WOMEN’S WAY: Sip & Shop + Panel Discussion

Recap: 15th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize

Recap: 15th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize On November 1st, 2023, WOMEN’S WAY hosted our 15th Annual Book Prize honoring Washington Post reporter and author Casey Parks for her book,…

Become a 2024 Change the Narrative Fellow!

Apply to Become a Change the Narrative Fellow! The stories we’ve been told about wealth aren’t true. For women and gender-expansive folks of color, who are most likely to experience…

15th Annual WOMEN’S WAY Book Prize

Change the Narrative Fellow featured in WHYY: “Pandemic-era Benefits are Long Gone”

Change the Narrative Fellow featured in WHYY: “Pandemic-era benefits are long gone. Philly advocates are trying to bridge the gap for families living in poverty” As a member of our…

Technical.ly: WOMEN’S WAY Is Developing a Gender Wealth Index

WOMEN’S WAY is developing a Gender Wealth Index to better understand the gender wealth gap Originally Published on October 10, 2023 by Sarah Huffman, Technical.ly.  PHILADELPHIA (Technical.ly) – WOMEN’S WAY…

Recap: 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit

Recap: 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit   On September 22nd, WOMEN’S WAY proudly hosted the 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit. This year’s event delved deep into the heart of the…

Change the Narrative Fellows Video Screening + Panel Discussion

Board Update: Meet our Four Newest Members!

Board Update: Meet our Four Newest Members! This September, we proudly welcomed four exceptional individuals to our Board of Directors, each bringing a unique perspective and valuable expertise to WOMEN’S…

KYW Newsradio: 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit to Kick Off This Week

2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit to Kick Off This Week Originally Published on September 19, 2023 by Antionette Lee, KYW Newsradio. Click here for the original article on KYW Newsradio.…

G-Town Radio: WOMEN’S WAY 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit

WOMEN’S WAY 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit Interview with Vanessa’s Money Hour Originally aired September 15, 2023 on Vanessa’s Money Hour on G-Town Radio.  Tune in below to catch Kelly…

Press Release: WOMEN’S WAY Gender Wealth Summit to Provide Preview of Region’s First Gender Wealth Index

WOMEN’S WAY Gender Wealth Summit to Provide Preview of Region’s First Gender Wealth Index For Immediate Release PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 12, 2023) – WOMEN’S WAY, the Greater Philadelphia region’s leading…

2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit

Change the Narrative Fellow featured in The New York Times: “Can You Buy A House In Your 20s?”

Change the Narrative Fellow featured in The New York Times: “Can You Buy A House In Your 20’s?” As a member of our second cohort of Change the Narrative Fellows,…

Save the Date: 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit

(Update: Registration is now open. To register, please visit womensway.org/summit2023).  The WOMEN’S WAY Gender Wealth Institute is gearing up for its 2nd Annual Gender Wealth Summit and is pleased to…