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The Status of Black Women

The Status of Women in the States provides data on women’s progress in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States overall. The data can be used to raise awareness, improve policies, and promote women’s equality.

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New State Grades on the Economic Status of Women Show Stagnant or Declining Progress in Most States

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  • One in two of the over 30 million families with children under 18 in the United States have a breadwinner mother. https://t.co/sUyZ6oIeIm

  • @kreighbaum .@SupportGenHope @ImaginableFut @AspenAscend @HigherLearnADV #SingleMothersHigherEducation #StudentParents @ArielVentura_

  • Women see job losses as the child care and service infrastructures are decimated in the wake of COVID-19. https://t.co/gILnXVAoxL

  • IWPR's @cnicolemason warns that this economic crash will be particularly devastating for women & POC. “We’re still… https://t.co/DLRCW0Q9KJ

  • “We are now the only state in the nation without some equal pay protections in our state law,” Tracy DeVries, Execu… https://t.co/Z8KgMbbRdk

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