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Equal Pay Would Cut Poverty for Working Women in the South by More than Half

A new report, released in advance of Super Tuesday, by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), finds that the gender wage gap costs women in the South $155.4 billion per year. Closing the wage gap would reduce relatively high poverty rate for working women in the southern United States by more than half. The Status of Women in the South is the first report to provide a comprehensive portrait of the status of women, particularly the status of women of color, in the southern states, grading each state on six different topic areas related to women’s economic, political, health, and social status.

By IWPR|2016-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Equal Pay Would Cut Poverty for Working Women in the South by More than Half