{"id":14689,"date":"2023-05-05T16:16:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charityauctionstoday.com\/p\/?p=14689"},"modified":"2023-05-10T10:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:00:17","slug":"mothers-day-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charityauctionstoday.com\/p\/mothers-day-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Day 2023: We\u2019re Not Gonna Take It"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14689\" class=\"elementor elementor-14689\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3af70eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3af70eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0847386\" data-id=\"0847386\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ec0d08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ec0d08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charityauctionstoday.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/markus-winkler-0nqDYVpy7ws-unsplash-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14686\" alt=\"motherhood typewriter\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11637b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11637b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f129ec7\" data-id=\"f129ec7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-346299c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"346299c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">With Mother\u2019s Day around the corner we wondered what auctions on our site were going to help mothers, or women in general. Then we thought: Who\u2019s heading up these online auctions that will benefit women? The answer is often other women.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/article\/lack-of-women-in-top-roles-hinders-nonprofits-female-nonprofit-workers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">2014 study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, women make up about 75% of the nonprofit workforce. However, this same study points out that nonprofits are overwhelmingly more likely to be led by a male CEO. This speaks to just one of the many power imbalances that women experience around the world. Globally, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/03\/01\/nearly-2-4-billion-women-globally-don-t-have-same-economic-rights-as-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">women tend to make less money over their lifetimes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/research\/barrier-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">less likely to hold public office or managerial positions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. Women also face more serious issues like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/violence-against-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">domestic abuse and sexual violence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> at higher rates than men do. And many if not all of these inequalities are worse for women of color.<\/span><\/p><ul><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In the United States we have no mandated parental leave, that helps parents of newborns and infants during the most involved stage of parenthood.<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">We have no state-sponsored childcare, meaning families must pay a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/enrichment\/education\/3852987-whats-behind-the-uss-worsening-child-care-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">significant percentage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> of their monthly earnings towards childcare, or rely on someone who is not working (Remember how women are less likely to earn as much money as men over their lifetimes?)<\/span><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2023\/03\/16\/1163786037\/maternal-deaths-in-the-u-s-spiked-in-2021-cdc-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> US\u2019s maternal mortality rate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> is exponentially higher than countries of similar wealth and resources (and it rose during the pandemic). Why do <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/the-world-factbook\/field\/maternal-mortality-ratio\/country-comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">pregnant and postpartum Americans die<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> at double the rate of the same population in the UK, or triple that of countries like Sweden or Australia?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">We might be painting a dark picture, but there are plenty of people and organizations fighting to advance women\u2019s causes: everything from supporting young, single mothers to promoting women who own small businesses. Some of them can be found right here, where you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charityauctionstoday.com\/item\/charity_auctions\/get_category_items\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">bid on their items or simply donate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> to their organization.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This Mother\u2019s Day, take some power back by giving to nonprofits that help mothers. They might be nonprofits that help single mothers, or teen mothers, or mothers fleeing domestic violence. Or, they might be nonprofits run <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">by <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">mothers, like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charityauctionstoday.com\/p\/charity-auction-sites\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">MADD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">). We recommend you take some time to get to know these worthy causes. Perhaps, if you have a hard-to-shop-for mother of your own, you might consider donating in her name as a Mother\u2019s Day gift.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: #434343; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">National and International Nonprofits that Help Mothers<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The National Birth Equity Collaborative<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/birthequity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">NBEC <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">is fighting to improve Black maternal mortality rates. This nonprofit is introducing hands-on solutions like implicit bias training for healthcare workers as well as behind-the-scenes work on data collection, so that we can better understand the health outcomes of Black mothers leading up to and after birth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Helping Hands for Single Moms<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">With the mission of helping low-income single mothers earn college degrees, this nonprofit offers a variety of services, from scholarships and tech assistance to holiday gifts for the kids and even professional and legal guidance. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/helpinghandsforsinglemoms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Helping Hands for Single Moms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> helps lift families out of poverty.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Heifer International<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Though this nonprofit helps everyone in a chosen community with a variety of agricultural programs, they focus mainly on empowering women in these communities. By supporting female entrepreneurs and promoting financial independence, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heifer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Heifer International<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> helps give women the means to escape repressive homes and food insecurity.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: #434343; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Nonprofits Closer to Home<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Don\u2019t forget to help out your neighbors. Plenty of smaller nonprofits do important work in your area, by founding shelters, offering scholarships, and providing important support services to mothers and their families. Be sure to Google or simply ask around if there are opportunities to donate to or volunteer with organizations near you.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">We wanted to highlight a few of the charity auctions we\u2019ve hosted lately that raised money to support women and girls.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.charityauctionstoday.com\/e\/1726\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The Cennea Thorla Guidry Scholarship Foundation Mother&#8217;s Day Auction<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This auction helps fund a scholarship that is awarded to domestic abuse survivors.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.charityauctionstoday.com\/edit\/1431\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0KU Women in Law Pub Night<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This event benefitted Jana&#8217;s Campaign, a national organization fighting gendered violence, and the local Kansas Willow Center Domestic Violence Center.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.charityauctionstoday.com\/e\/1315\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Go Red for Women at Windham Hospital<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This auction benefited the national American Heart Association and the Windham Hospital Cardiac Rehab program in Connecticut.<\/span><\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 16pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: #434343; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mother\u2019s Day Every Day<\/span><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mothers, mother figures, and folks with the ability to bear children are at a disadvantage due to society\u2019s outdated attitudes towards gender roles. Nonprofits not only help moms out, they often advocate for policy that will help make lasting change for the better. Childbearing can become safer, childrearing can become more affordable, and women can achieve parity with men\u2014economically, politically, socially\u2014but not without a fight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mother\u2019s Day falls on Sunday, May 14th in 2023.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Works cited:<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/article\/lack-of-women-in-top-roles-hinders-nonprofits-female-nonprofit-workers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/article\/lack-of-women-in-top-roles-hinders-nonprofits-female-nonprofit-workers-say\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/03\/01\/nearly-2-4-billion-women-globally-don-t-have-same-economic-rights-as-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/03\/01\/nearly-2-4-billion-women-globally-don-t-have-same-economic-rights-as-men<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/research\/barrier-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/research\/barrier-bias\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/violence-against-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/violence-against-women<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/enrichment\/education\/3852987-whats-behind-the-uss-worsening-child-care-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/enrichment\/education\/3852987-whats-behind-the-uss-worsening-child-care-crisis\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2023\/03\/16\/1163786037\/maternal-deaths-in-the-u-s-spiked-in-2021-cdc-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2023\/03\/16\/1163786037\/maternal-deaths-in-the-u-s-spiked-in-2021-cdc-reports<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/the-world-factbook\/field\/maternal-mortality-ratio\/country-comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/the-world-factbook\/field\/maternal-mortality-ratio\/country-comparison<\/span><\/a><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Unsplash image credit: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Markus Winkler<\/span><\/p><div><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Mother\u2019s Day around the corner we wondered what auctions on our site were going to help mothers, or women in general. Then we thought: Who\u2019s heading up these online auctions that will benefit women? The answer is often other women. According to a 2014 study, women make up about 75% of the nonprofit workforce. 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