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Women and Poverty, State by State
More than one in seven women, more than 18 million, lived in poverty last year. Poverty rates were particularly high for families headed by single mothers — four in ten (39.8 percent) were poor. Nearly...
View ArticleFAQs about the Census Bureau’s Poverty Measures
Each year, the Census Bureau releases data on poverty and income in the United States, and the National Women’s Law Center analyzes these data to provide a picture of how women and their families are...
View ArticleFAQ About the Wage Gap
Women who work full time, year round in the United States were paid only 79 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts in 2014. For women of color, the gaps are even larger. This document...
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Chartbook: Women’s Overrepresentation in Low-Wage Jobs
Anne Morrison & Katherine Gallagher Robbins Download a PDF of the chartbook. Over the past four decades, women’s work experience and educational attainment have increased dramatically. Although...
View ArticleKatherine Gallagher Robbins, Director of Research and Policy Analysis
Katherine Gallagher Robbins is Director of Research and Policy Analysis at the National Women’s Law Center. She oversees the Center’s research with a primary focus on women’s economic security and...
View ArticleNancy Duff Campbell, Co-President
Nancy Duff Campbell is a founder and Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center, one of the nation’s pre-eminent women’s rights organizations. A recognized expert on women’s law and public policy...
View ArticleNWLC Reports on Women’s Income and Poverty Rates
Below are past NWLC reports on women in poverty in the U.S. Please see our main Data on Poverty & Income page for the most recent information. Insecure & Unequal: Poverty and Income Among Women...
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Recovery is Still Far Off for Communities of Color
Every month when our team analyzes the jobs data we talk about what the numbers tell us and how that matters for policy. This month the story and implications are very clear—would policymakers be...
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Set Up To Fail: When Low-Wage Work Jeopardizes Parents’ and Children’s Success
Every day, working parents in low-wage jobs are desperate to keep food on the table and a roof over their families’ heads, and to provide a better life for their children. Yet, even when they work full...
View ArticleUnion Membership is Critical for Equal Pay
Union membership boosts wages for all workers—but women see especially large advantages from being in a union. The wage gap among union members is less than half the size of the wage gap among...
View ArticleReggie Oldak, Senior Counsel and Director of Government Relations
Reggie Oldak was Senior Counsel and Director of Government Relations. She coordinated the Center’s advocacy efforts and also worked to promote fair tax and budget policies for low-income families....
View ArticleJoan Entmacher, Former Vice President for Family Economic Security
Joan Entmacher is the former Vice President for Family Economic Security at the National Women’s Law Center, where she lead a team working to improve policies important to the economic security of...
View ArticlePoverty Rate Falls but Being a Woman Increases the Odds of Being Poor in...
More than 1 in 5 young Millennial women (ages 18-24) were poor in 2015 (Washington, D.C.) Despite some substantial improvements on poverty, wages and health insurance for millions of...
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Women and Poverty in 2015
Today, the Census Bureau released data showing that many Americans are finally starting to make real economic gains in what has been an uneven economic recovery. The overall poverty rate in 2015 fell...
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Caring Means Sharing…in the Wage Gap
And some employers still discriminate against working moms by assuming they are less committed to their jobs… Photo from Facebook post by Megan Meier, an Oklahoma City sports medicine physician, who is...
View ArticleNational Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families, 2015
By Jasmine Tucker and Caitlin Lowell The U.S. Census Bureau data released in September 2016 shows that many American families are experiencing some real economic gains. Despite this good news, women’s...
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Women and Poverty, State by State
More than one in eight women, more than 16.9 million, lived in poverty last year. Poverty rates were particularly high for families headed by single mothers — 1 in 3 (36.5 percent) lived in poverty....
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This Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day, We Need to Close the Gap
Today we observe Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the symbolic day this year to which Native American women have to work to catch up to the earnings of their white, non-Hispanic male...
View ArticlePoverty Rates State by State Tables, 2015
More than one in eight women, more than 16.9 million, lived in poverty last year. Poverty rates were particularly high for families headed by single mothers — 1 in 3 (36.5 percent) lived in poverty....
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Older Women and Poverty: Takeaways from the 2015 Census Data
While the 2015 Census Bureau Data showed that many American families are experiencing real economic gains, the data also paint a picture of women’s economic lives that continues to be of concern. Women...
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