WAM's mission is to discover why Alzheimer’s discriminates against women and communities of color and to prepare women and their families for the impact of Alzheimer’s by providing them with information and tools to help prevent the disease. Ever since that seminal Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s, WAM and Shriver have taken every opportunity to highlight the disproportionate and particular impact of Alzheimer’s on women. That narrative was disrupted back in 2010, when WAM founder Maria Shriver partnered with the Alzheimer’s Association on a ground-breaking report challenging the assumption that age alone accounted for the higher number of women with Alzheimer’s. Until 10 years ago, the conventional thinking was that the higher incidence of Alzheimer’s in women simply reflected the fact that women tend to outlive men. WAM was created to raise awareness around Alzheimer’s as a disease that discriminates against women, since two out of every three brains that develop Alzheimer’s belong to women–with women of color at even higher risk– and 2 out of 3 caregivers of all races and ethnicities being women as well. The Women's Alzheimer's Movement (WAM) is the preeminent organization focused exclusively on women and Alzheimer’s. A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.* A portion of all MOSH proceeds are donated to support women's Alzheimer’s research, advocacy and awareness.*
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