A Closer Look: Status of Women and Girls in the Puget Sound

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In May 2004, the Women’s Funding Alliance (WFA) and the Northwest Girls Coalition (NWGC) commissioned the Human Services Policy Center (HSPC) to identify what is known and not known about the status of women and girls in the Puget Sound Region (King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Whatcom counties) in the following five categories:

• Economic security
• Education
• Health and well-being
• Safety and violence
• Leadership and giving

Research for the project was conducted in three stages. During Part I, HSPC identified publicly available data sources that provided information on women and girls at the national, state, and county levels. This information was supplemented by work in Part II, which accumulated analytical research reports on women and girls, with particular emphasis on finding the latest available information within the counties of interest. Finally, in Part III we conducted community forums within King, Snohomish, Pierce, and Whatcom counties with service providers and individuals working on women’s and girl’s issues. The primary purpose of the forums was to gather additional information about regional research priorities, as they relate to the promotion of social and economic well-being for women and girls.