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Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence Achieve Safety, Stability and Self-sufficiency at House of Ruth

October 28, 2016

Domestic violence is a pervasive and insidious problem in American society, with one in four women experiencing physical violence and roughly four million women battered…

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Sustainable Economic Opportunities That Empower Women & Benefit Business Needs

May 25, 2016

In 2010, The Coca-Cola Company launched the 5by20 initiative which aims to economically empower 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s global supply chain by…

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Talbots and O, The Oprah Magazine Join Forces to Support Dress for Success in Effort to Empower More Women in the Workforce

February 22, 2016

There is growing importance that corporations and nonprofits align strategically, work to identify mutually beneficial goals, and work in partnership to deliver transformational experiences [i.e.…

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L’OCCITANE Donates $120,000 to Dress for Success to Empower Women in the Workforce

January 12, 2016

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Natural French beauty retailer L’OCCITANE has donated$120,000 to Dress for Success, a gift that will help up to 2,400 women begin…

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Celebrate #GivingShoesDay with Dress for Success® on #GivingTuesday

November 24, 2015

Dress for Success® is encouraging its supporters around the world to “shoe their best” as the nonprofit organization once again turns #GivingTuesday into #GivingShoesDay on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, to…

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Planned Parenthood: Undercover videos not deterring corporate donors

August 3, 2015

Are corporate donors distancing themselves from Planned Parenthood? Since mid July, Planned Parenthood has been engulfed in controversy as an anti-abortion group has released four undercover…

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Save the Date for Dress for Success “Women in Business: Making Change”

June 25, 2015

Dress for Success Worldwide is hosting its ninth annual Women in Business: Making Change power breakfast at the NASDAQ Marketsite on Tuesday, September 22, 2015.   With a guest…

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The First Step for Putting Women Back in History

June 10, 2015

[Preservation Tips and Tools] The First Step for Putting Women Back in History from PreservationNation Gerda Lerner, a pioneering scholar of women’s history, looked back…

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How Dress For Success is Changing Lives

June 2, 2015

Many people think that Dress for Success simply helps women get back to work, but what we really do is change lives. This is the…

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The Lasting Negative Effects Financial Abuse Has on Women

April 8, 2015

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 7, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Financial abuse is a tactic used by abusers in ninety-eight percent of domestic violence situations and its effects are…

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Access to Clean Water is a Global Nutrition Issue

March 17, 2015

783 million (1 in 9) people do not have access to clean water, and it is projected that two thirds of humanity will live in water-stressed…

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Are We Creating a Lost Generation of Women in Our Workforce?

March 17, 2015

Throughout the past 16 years, I’ve seen many qualified women come through our doors who are simply passed over in the job market, judged on…

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