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"We are part of a global women's movement, and our effort is really directed towards the barriers that stand in the way for women in every aspect of their lives," Lisa Attonito, executive director of the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee, tells TMJ4.
"Number one, women need personal safety in their homes, in their workplaces, and in the community at large, we need personal safety," she says.
"This is the number one piece of addressing equity."
That's why the fund, which has raised more than $100 million since its founding in 1996, is focusing on personal safety, affordable housing, access to care, childcare, elderly care, health, and wellness services, career opportunities, and educational opportunities, among other things, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The group also works to create space and opportunities for women to be together and to discuss shared experiences.
"When you invest in a woman, it helps her family, the neighborhood, and our entire community," Attonito says, adding that "when you think about funding one person's scholarship and the ripple effect of that on her own family and in the community at large, you can see how one investment really pays off."
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