More than one-quarter of all employed working women are in one of 22 jobs that are growing fast, pay less than $15 an hour and are female-dominated, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, and Oxfam America, an organization focused on reducing poverty.
These jobs, which are often considered “women’s work,” are expected to be crucial to our economic future; by 2024, nearly one in six jobs will fit into this category, the report found.
