What's New
- 48 Organizations Sign WOW's Letter to Preserve WANTO, SCSEP and Other Job Training Programs (April 20, 2012)
- WOW Releases Brief on Elder Economic Insecurity and Race Click here to learn more about WOW's Doing Without series (April 19, 2012)
- WOW Releases Connecticut BEST (April 17, 2012)
- WOW Releases Fact Sheet on Pay Equity in the States (April 17, 2012)
- WOW Announces Four New Board Members (April 10, 2012)
- WOW Releases Brief on Elder Economic Insecurity and Gender Over 60% of women face economic insecurity in retirement, according to WOW's new brief in its Doing Without series, a demographic analysis of older Americans and their economic security as measured by WOW's Elder Index (March 28, 2012)
- Elder Initiative Launches in South Dakota Elder Index and Policy Brief reports available online (March 7, 2012)
- WOW Announces Economic Security Database Easy-to-use tool places economic security data at your fingertips. (March 1, 2012)
- WOW Releases State Elder Economic Security Ranking The first brief in the Doing Without series on Older Americans (March 1, 2012)
- Sign up for the NAWB Forum WOW is participating in this year’s Partner Exchange and hopes to see you there. More Info available here. (February 16, 2012)
- Elder Initiative Launches in North Carolina Elder Index and Policy Brief reports available online (February 14, 2012)
- WOW Announces Release of Why Green is Your Color, the Department of Labor's Green Guide for Women Also available: fact sheets on green topics for women (February 9, 2012)
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Our Programs
- Family Economic Security
- Elder Economic Security Initiative
- Building Bridges to Economic Security Campaign
- Women and Work
- GREEN Initiative
- Economic Security for Survivors Project
- Promising Practices in Workforce Development
- DC Metro Area Programs
- DC Metro Area Self-Sufficiency Calculator (DCMASSC)
- DC Women's Agenda
- DC Jobs Council
- DC Area Construction Training for Women
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Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)
WOW works nationally to build pathways to economic security for America's women and their families. For more than 45 years, WOW has helped women learn to earn, with programs emphasizing literacy, technical and nontraditional skills, welfare-to-work transition, career development and retirement security. Today, WOW is recognized nationally for its skills training models, technical assistance and advocacy for women workers.