Women's History Month: HER App
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Robyn Exton, founder of HER App, discusses why the app is so important to LGBTQ women looking for connections online.

Bay Area entrepreneur finds success with business that gives back

It has no doubt been a tough year for business, but a Bay Area entrepreneur says even now she is steadily growing her business. She credits, in part, her company’s mission to give back.

Bay Area entrepreneur finds success with business that gives back
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Love You More is a Bay Area company that sells jewelry and other products created by women. Supporting female artists is part of the company's mission, according to its founder, and possibly the reason for its success.

Giving Day: About Face
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About Face is a nonprofit in the Bay Area that helps teen girls and non-binary youth confront and decode messages in the mass media that create toxic stereotypes and perpetuate forms of gender bias. Find out more about the group's work.

Struggles of trans women during the pandemic
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Trans women have faced health care and workplace discrimination at a disproportionate level during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Giving Day: YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley
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YWCA Associate Director of Learning and Development Rosa Revuelta spoke with KTVU's Sal Castaneda on The Nine on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

Women find career success as firefighters, construction workers

Both women are finding career success in industries long dominated by men. Statistics show only 8 percent of firefighters are women. In construction, women make up 10 percent.

First female artistic director at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
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Sal Castaneda catches up with Margo Hall and discusses her historic role as first female artistic director at San Francisco's premier Black theatre company.

Giving Day: Bay Area Girls Club
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The Bay Area Girls Club helps girls avoid the risks of dropping out of school, getting involved with gangs, becoming pregnant and other challenges they say are common in urban communities in the Bay Area.

Cristina Rendon describes personal path to journalism

KTVU’s Cristina Rendon reveals how she got her start in broadcast journalism and shares her advice for girls who want to break into the field.

Jill Biden helps honor women from 15 countries for courage on International Women’s Day

First lady Jill Biden helped honor nearly two dozen women being given the State Department’s International Women of Courage Award, including seven from Afghanistan who received posthumous honors.

Democratic Women’s Caucus propose monument honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The introduction of the bills by both congressional chambers recognizes the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the start of Women’s History Month.

Maia Chaka becomes 1st Black woman named to NFL's officiating staff

The National Football League announced Friday Chaka would be joining its roster of game officials for the 2021 season. She’s the first Black woman to join the league’s officiating staff.

Future of the #MeToo movement in Hollywood
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It's been three years since the #MeToo movement exposed abuse of women by men in Hollywood and other workplaces. Now, the question is what's next for the movement.

Women leaving workforce in larger numbers than men during pandemic

More than 2.3 million women over the age of 20 across the country that have dropped out or been forced out of work since February 2020 compared to 1.8  million men.