SARA K. GOULD is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ms. Foundation for Women, the foundation engaged across the United States to build women's collective power to ignite change. Under her leadership, the Foundation builds the capacity of diverse women and their organizations to connect across issue area and geography, and with other social justice organizations. The Foundation delivers strategic grantmaking, capacity building and leadership development to organizations at local, state, Tribal and national levels working for policy and culture change in the broad impact areas of health, economic security, ending violence against women and democracy. With its long history of bringing the leadership and perspectives of women living on the margins of society to the center, the Foundation's support strengthens social change movements and brings our nation closer to attaining democratic ideals.

A leading expert on women's economic security, Ms. Gould brings to the Ms. Foundation for Women more than 25 years of experience in pioneering programs that create economic opportunities for women and their families.

Blog Entries by Sara K. Gould

New Connections Will Pave the Road to Economic Recovery

Posted February 3, 2009 | 03:02 PM (EST)


In an effort -- as of this week unsuccessful -- to generate more Republican support for the economic recovery package, President Obama has conceded a provision that would have made it easier for states to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to low-income families. Yet, just two weeks ago...

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Five Years and Counting: A Call to Pundits and Politicians to Deepen the Conversation

Posted March 19, 2008 | 02:44 PM (EST)


On this, the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, it is critical that we heed the words of Albert Einstein: "The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."

For over a year, public dialogue about this...

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