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A new system of bundling and reselling small-business loans is funneling millions to companies owned by women, people of color, immigrants and others who are often excluded from the financial system. Community development financial institutions – known as CDFIs – focus on small loans of $5 to $250,000 sometimes...
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Ya sea que se vaya a graduar de la escuela secundaria o de la universidad, lo más probable es que se esté volviendo más independiente en el manejo de su propio dinero. Aunque las finanzas pueden ser estresantes, no siempre tienen porqué serlo. Por eso, una nueva iniciativa del...
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Whether you’re graduating from high school or college, chances are you’re becoming more independent about handling your own money. While finances can be stressful, they don’t always have to be – which is why a new initiative from Secret Deodorant focuses on providing young women with access to free...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters If you work in California and your sister is undergoing cancer treatments, or your spouse gets knee surgery, you might be able to get paid while you take time off work to care for them. It’s a less well-known part of California’s paid family leave benefit,...
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Sameea Kamal & Ariel Gans CalMatters ¿Un regalo o una maldición? Para Angelique Ashby, postularse como “defensora de las mujeres” en una acalorada carrera por el Senado estatal en Sacramento podría ser un poco de ambos. Su competidor, Dave Jones, un colega demócrata, acudió a los tribunales para impedir...
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Sameea Kamal & Ariel Gans CalMatters A gift or a curse? For Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Her competitor, Dave Jones, a fellow Democrat, went to court to block Ashby from using that as her ballot designation...
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El COVID-19 ha tocado casi todas las facetas de la vida, y un nuevo informe del Centro de Prestamos Responsables dice que las mujeres que pagan prestamos estudiantiles se han visto especialmente afectadas. El informe dice en particular que la pandemia exacerbo la inestabilidad financiera de las mujeres de color, reduciendo...
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COVID-19 has touched just about every facet of life, and a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending says women repaying student loans have been hit especially hard. The report says in particular, the pandemic exacerbated the financial instability of women of color, reducing their ability to repay...
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Las mujeres asiáticas estadounidenses están experimentando una nueva ola de ataques violentos relacionados con el odio. Según el portal web Stop AAPI Hate, desde marzo de 2020 se han producido más de 10.000 ataques, el 16% de los cuales ha incluido violencia física. Mujeres ancianas fueron víctimas en la...