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To read the full report, please visit Women's Business Cincinnati.
To view a video of the report presentation, please visit CET Connect.
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Why conduct a study?
More than 30 executives of nonprofit organizations in our region that serve women and girls expressed the need for good and relevant data on the status of women and girls in our area. Among the benefits will be increased awareness of issues affecting women and girls, more regional cooperation and more focused programs and services, and a stronger case for support of those programs and services.
Women’s funds in other cities have conducted similar studies to provide a roadmap for donors, corporate funders and organizations to improve the lives of women and girls. The Indianapolis Women’s Fund raised $5 million from 2,000 donors after the publication of its first study, On Shaky Ground, in 1996.
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Who led the effort?
Pulse will involved women and girls in the eight-county Greater Cincinnati region. In Ohio - Hamilton, Warren, Butler, and Clermont counties; Kentucky – Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties; Indiana -- Dearborn County.
Donna Jones Stanley and Nancy Zimpher co-chaired of the Pulse Steering Committee which included sixty women leaders from around the region. Click here for the complete list.
Research was directed by David Maume, Ph.D., director of UC’s Kunz Center for the Study of Work and Family, and a team of professionals from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Northern Kentucky University, and the University of Cincinnati. Other institutions represented work groups for each of the study focus areas – Education/Training, Health, Safety, Leadership, and Economic Security, which were professionally facilitated and led by volunteer chairs. In addition, the role of race and ethnicity in women’s experiences was examined by each team. A special team looked at the specific needs of girls ages 10-18.
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Thanks to the many partners who made the Pulse study possible!
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For more information on Pulse, e-mail Vanessa Freytag or call her at (513) 768-6123. |
