Empowering young women through education,
self confidence and opportunity.
Women are projected to account for 51.2 % of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018.
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The higher a person’s educational attainment, the more likely they will be a labor force participant and less likely to be unemployed.
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Women make up only 14 percent of Fortune 500-company CEOs – and nearly a quarter of these companies have no women at all in executive office positions.
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Women are currently the main breadwinner in a record-high 40% of households, but they make an average of just 77 cents for every dollar that men earn
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Women make up nearly 51% of the population, but hold just 16% of the seats in Congress
Time to clean house! |
More than 60% of minimum-wage workers are women, making an annual salary of $15,000 for full-time work. If the minimum wage is raised to just $9 per hour, 13 million women would see an increase in their earnings.
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The United States has no standard for paid leave after childbirth for working mothers. Only 51% of women overall have access to paid leave—and only 32% percent of women with a high school diploma have access.
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Women are the world’s most underused resource.
-Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Being a woman is not a preexisting condition, and thanks to Obamacare, women will no longer be charged more than men for health insurance just because they're women.
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"We must continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams." —President Obama
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