Economic equity news is a weekly round-up of articles by Donna Seymour of AAUW-NYS that features our core values of poverty solutions, opportunity and access, workplace fairness, healthy lives, equal pay and representation at all tables. Sign up for our mailing list to receive this directly to your inbox.
- AAUW honors, advocates for women veterans on Nov. 11 via Massena-Potsdam Daily Courier
On Veterans Day, AAUW remembers the sacrifice and the service of our women veterans and service members. The number of female veterans has soared since 1990, from 4 percent of all veterans to 8 percent today, or about 1.8 million. More than 280,000 female soldiers have been returned from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last decade.
Women in the United States are paid less for equal work than men in all industries and a new report released on Thursday showed the widest discrepancy in wages is between married men and women with children. Fathers earned the highest overall median salaries at about $67,900, compared to $46,800 for married mothers, and single women with children had the lowest median salary at $38,200.”The gender pay gap is absolutely real,” said Aubrey Bach, senior editorial manager of PayScale Inc., the online salary, benefits and compensation information company that compiled the report.
- Number of female lawmakers in Albany hits new high via Capital New York
The number of women serving in New York’s Legislature will hit a record high in January, with women occupying 55 of the 213 seats in the Senate and Assembly. On Tuesday, there were five special elections for seats vacated by male legislators who had either been convicted of a felony or left office voluntarily. The Democratic candidate in each of these races was a woman; four of them won.
- 21 Facts About The Explosive Growth Of Poverty In America That Will Blow Your Mind via The Economic Collapse
What you are about to see is more evidence that the growth of poverty in the United States is wildly out of control. It turns out that there is a tremendous amount of suffering in “the wealthiest nation on the planet”, and it is getting worse with each passing year. During this election season, politicians of all stripes are running around telling all of us how great we are, but is that really true?
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Enactment of the Women’s Equality Agenda:A Fitting Bicentennial Birthday Gift for Elizabeth Cady Stanton via Verdict
One might point to different historical eras to make the claim that New York has been a progressive leader on women’s rights, but the clearest support for that claim is found in the year 1848. That was the year in which Elizabeth Cady Stanton, together with other feminist activists, convened the Seneca Falls convention, which launched the women’s rights movement in this country.
Donna Seymour, who hales from the (far upstate) North Country of NYS, has spent 40 plus years advocating for children, women and family issues, equity, sustainability, and social justice issues. Currently serving as the Public Policy VP for AAUW-NYS (the American Association Universality Women), she also is a member the League of Women Voters, the Equal Pay Coalition, PTA, NOW, and Planned Parenthood, just to name a few.