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Blige launches foundation for women
1:40pm Saturday 10th May 2008
Singer Mary J Blige is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence.
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Blige, whose current album is Growing Pains, and Steve Stoute, who founded a youth-oriented brand consulting firm, said they are setting up the Foundation For The Advancement Of Women Now.
They say the charity will fund scholarships, grants and programmes to help women gain confidence and skills to succeed in careers.
It will concentrate first on the Yonkers area north of New York City, where the 37-year-old Blige grew up. She and Stoute say they expect to expand to the New York metropolitan area and then nationwide.
Mary J Blige has launched a women's support charity
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