Women doctors earn only
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​cents for every dollar a male doctor earns.

11,496 people have served in Congress. Only

​of those people have been female.
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Of all homeless families
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​percent are headed by single mothers raising children alone.

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Business & Education

50.04% of the workforce in the United States is composed of women.1		Women earn 80% of what men earn.2 At the current rate of increase, it would take 40 years to achieve equal pay.3
Women hold only 24% of S&P 500 board positions and only 22.5% of Fortune 500 board positions.4		31% of full-time faculty in U.S. higher education are women (only a 5% increase over the past 75 years), and only 27% are tenured.5,6

Government & Law

Women make up 51% of the population in the U.S. but only an average of one-fourth of all legislative positions.7		Women in law enforcement make up about 15% of all state, municipal, and county police officers.8
Law students are nearly 50% female, but only 30% of all state judges are women and 8% are women of color.9		Female partners in law firms are paid up to 44% less than their male law partners.10

Violence Against Women

Approximately 1 in 3 women experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.15		69.5% of women who have been abused or stalked by a dating partner first experienced abuse between the ages of 11–24.16
Women ages 18–24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence, almost double the national average.17		1 in 4 female high school students, who have experienced sexual and physical abuse by a dating partner, have attempted suicide.18

Family Economics

After a divorce, women are more likely to suffer lost income, experience a lower standard of living, and have a higher poverty risk than men.11		Single mothers make up 80% of single-parent families, and 30% of them live under the poverty line.12
3% more elderly women than men live in poverty.13		The average monthly retirement benefit for men is approximately $300 more per month than for women.14

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2. National Women’s Law Center. (2018). Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions About the Wage Gap. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://nwlc.org/resources/faq-about-the-wage-gap/
3. Hegewisch, A., Hess, C., & Lacarte, V. (2019). Pay Equity & Discrimination. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://iwpr.org/issue/employment-education-economic-change/pay-equity-discrimination/
4. Catalyst. (2020, March 13). Women on Corporate Boards: Quick Take. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://www.catalyst.org/research/women-on-corporate-boards/
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6. Kelly, B. T. (2019). Though more women are on college campuses, climbing the professor ladder remains a challenge. Brown Center Chalkboard. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/03/29/though-more-women-are-on-college-campuses-climbing-the-professor-ladder-remains-a-challenge/
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8.NCWP. (2013). NCWP Publications. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from http://womenandpolicing.com/publications.asp
9. American Constitution Society. (2020). The Gavel Gap. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://gavelgap.org/
10. Lowe, J. (2016). Compensation Survey 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020, from https://www.mlaglobal.com/knowledge-library/research/compensation-survey-2016
11. Leopold T. (2018). Gender Differences in the Consequences of Divorce: A Study of Multiple Outcomes. Demography, 55(3), 769–797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-018-0667-6
12. Ahlberg, B. (2012). U.S. Single Parent Households. Retrieved from https://post.ca.gov/portals/0/post_docs/publications/Building%20a%20Career%20Pipeline%20Documents/safe_harbor.pdf
13. Cohens, K. (2018). Older Women and Poverty. Justice in Aging, (12). Retrieved from https://www.justiceinaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Older-Women-and-Poverty.pdf
14. Social Security Administration. (2018). Social Security Is Important to Women. Retrieved from ssa.gov/news/press/ factsheets/women-alt.pdf
15. Center for Disease Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control – Division of Violence Prevention. (2017). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010-2012 State Report. Retrieved from cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/NISVS-StateReportBook.pdf
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17. Breiding, M. J., Chen J., & Black, M. C. (2014). Intimate Partner Violence in the United States — 2010. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
18. Vagi, K. J., Olsen, E. O. M., Basile, K. C., & Vivolo-Kantor, A. M. (2015). Teen dating violence (physical and sexual) among US high school students: findings from the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. JAMA Pediatrics, 169 (5), 474-482.