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Gender Matters Issue Forum
The Dallas Women’s Foundation is hosting an Issue Forum on Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 4 – 6 pm at Arlington Hall. This event is open to the public and free of charge, but RSVP is required.
Research Shows Lack of Health Insurance Complicates Health Issues Facing Dallas-Fort Worth Women
As the nation focuses on the state of health care, women in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are among the groups across the country that are most acutely impacted by lack of health insurance, according to research compiled by the Dallas Women’s Foundation. In this region, close to one out of five women live without health insurance, above the national average of one out of eight (12.4 percent). Local women, who are more likely than men to head households alone a