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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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  • There is no proof that being a mother makes a woman less productive on the job. https://t.co/s5PEPJOnbU #wagegap #equalpay #motherhood

  • The annual wage ratio of 80 percent is actually a moderate estimate of gender pay inequality. Women of color fare m… https://t.co/uFzKb8Slp2

  • ACLU charges Facebook, 10 employers with job-ad gender discrimination https://t.co/23Hi9BF9Hp @AlphaJason $FB #Facebook

  • Women’s ‘choices’ are not necessarily choices. https://t.co/s5PEPJOnbU #wagegap #equalpay

  • Just because the explanation of the gender wage gap is multi-faceted does not make it a lie. https://t.co/s5PEPJOnbU

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