Source: Library of Congress

OUR HISTORY

The Women’s Equity Project is an initiative of the Sundari Foundation, Inc. dba Lotus House Women’s Shelter to raise awareness of the: pervasive historic and current racial, social and gender-based inequities faced by women; root causes of homelessness and the intersection of gender-based violence and homelessness; special needs of women and children experiencing homelessness and the importance of trauma informed safe havens with deep protective factors in times of transition; and solutions to end and prevent homelessness for women and children, including the recognition that a home is a basic human right and dignity as essential to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as food, education and health care.