There has been a large gender poverty gap in every year since the official poverty standard was created. In 2009, adult woman were 32 percent more likely to be poor than adult men, with a poverty rate of 13.9% compared to a 10.5% rate for adult men.
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This report, later published in Domestic Violence Report 65 (June/July 2009), explains the connection between economic and personal security for women and family assistance, and focuses on the critical role that family assistance plays in enabling poor women and families to escape abuse and overcome poverty.
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This Report details and analyzes the sharp drop in participation of eligible poor women and children following the adoption of federal welfare reform which encouraged states to cut welfare rolls.
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Articles from The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium Issue.
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This article makes the case that recognizing and addressing the needs of all survivors in the workplace is critical both as a business and economic imperative and as a means of strengthening the American workforce.
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Transcripts about the impact of VAWA from the third panel of the The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium.
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Transcripts from the presentation of the Legal Momentum Hero Award to Vice President Joe Biden for initiating and championing VAWA at the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium Issue.
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Transcripts of the opening remarks and the first panel at The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium.
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An article about mandatory U-visa certification from The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium Issue.
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Transcripts of commentary on Panel Two from the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law's 2010 Symposium Issue.
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A large gender pay gap still continues even though women workers are now more educated than men. Women at every educational level continue to earn much less than men at the same level, and almost always even less than men at the educational level below them.
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A report on how universally-available, quality early education would benefit taxpayers and the community and serve as a cost-effective economic investment.
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