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Women in the Workplace Issues
Research and Resources for Action
Economic security for women is a civil right.
Money is power, and women will never be equal to men until they achieve full parity in earnings and wealth. In recent decades, American women have made significant strides toward economic equality: They make up nearly half the U.S. workforce yet men continue to earn more money—and accumulate more wealth—than women do.
Numbers to Think and Talk About
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In 2020, women earned $.83 to every dollar earned by men
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Women represent half the workforce, and two-thirds of women are the primary or co-breadwinner for their family.
135.6 years
The gender gap grew by 36 years in the space of just 12 months, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap Report due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report estimates that it will take an average of 135.6 years for women and men to reach parity on a range of factors worldwide, instead of the 99.5 years outlined in the 2020 report.