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Rich Man, Poor Woman?

September 23, 2013

In total, 14.5 percent of American women lived in poverty in 2012, compared to 11 percent of men. According to the National Women's Law Center, poverty rates are even higher for black women (25.1 percent are living in poverty) and Hispanic women (24.8 percent).

The Wall Street Journal

Lagarde Says Nations Must Better Report Female Labor Data

September 23, 2013

That shows in the U.S., where about 60 percent of the increase in employment for women from 2009 to 2012 was in jobs that pay less than $10.10 an hour, compared with 20 percent for men, according to a study by the National Women’s Law Center using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Bloomberg

Featherstone: Pregnant women need job security written into law

September 23, 2013

Yvette's story comes from a recent report on pregnancy discrimination by the National Women's Law Center, which documents that the problem is widespread in our country. Such discrimination can happen to any woman, but low-wage workers like Yvette are especially vulnerable.

AMNY

Indiana wage gap: Some say (angrily) it's a myth

September 23, 2013

That’s Indiana’s wage gap. It makes us the sixth worst state in the nation. It’s legit, based on newly released U.S. Census data analyzed by the National Women’s Law Center. I wrote about it, including what that $12,201 could buy a woman in a year.

Indianapolis Star

Stuck In Poverty Amid Signs Of Recovery

September 21, 2013

Fatima Goss Graves, who tracks poverty and employment stats at the National Women's Law Center, called the poverty numbers a "disaster." She's seen the same dynamics facing the most vulnerable group in the American economy since the end of the recession.

NPR

Kewaskum High School launches all-female engineering class

September 21, 2013

Women comprise more than 20% of engineering school graduates but only 11% of practicing engineers, according to the National Science Foundation. Only about 30% of the 14 million Americans who work in manufacturing are women, a study from the National Women's Law Center noted.

Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

Consensus on Census: America's Stuck in Reverse

September 20, 2013

As of 2012, women who worked year-round and at full-time hours were still found to earn only 77 cents for every dollar of income flowing to men in the same position. Similarly, black and Latino households continue to have a significantly lower median income than their white counterparts.

Huffington Post

Table-Waiting, Line-Waiting, and Low Wages: This Modern American Economy

September 20, 2013

The downside is that the gains have been largely in lower-paying industries such as waitresses, in-home health care, food preparation and housekeeping.

The Atlantic

Indiana wage gap: What a woman could buy with $12,201

September 20, 2013

Full-time working women in Indiana are losing out on more than $12,200 each year compared to their male counterparts, due to one of the nation's worst wage gaps. For every dollar a man makes in Indiana, a woman makes 73.3 cents, according to U.S. Census data released Thursday and analyzed by the National Women's Law Center. That gives the state the sixth highest wage gap in the U.S.

Indianapolis Star

Lobbying Congress With Kids, Advocates Push Childhood Education

September 19, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center partnered with MomsRising, an advocacy group for women and families, and other children’s organizations to bring moms, kids, and leaders together over the game.

TIME