Latina Equal Pay Day raises awareness of the inequality in wage earnings for Latina women. According to Equal Rights Advocates, “part-time Latina workers earn only 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men. Those who work full time year-round only earn 57 cents to the dollar.” This means Latina women must work an …
At YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, we are working actively to embody Land and Labor Acknowledgment practices. This entails not only crafting a written statement, but also identifying clear objectives and calls to action for our work internally and in communities across the Metropolitan Chicago region. You may be wondering, what is a land and labor acknowledgment? …
On Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, we would like to highlight Institute for Women’s Policy Research Fact Sheet entitled “A Decade Without Improvement: Native Women and the Wage Gap” which states the following: Native American women must work 20 months to make the same amount White men make in 12 months The gender wage gap …
Election Day (November 8, 2022) is fast-approaching. As you prepare to head to the polls, you may be wondering: What are the key issues I need to think about? What are some of the main things to consider with special attention to racial and gender equity? YWCA USA recently created two important resources to help …
YWCA’s Policy, Research, and Evaluation Team is thrilled to share our interactive 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Walk. Data walks entail facilitated dialogues that engage people in collective reflection around data. Through data walks, we can gain awareness of issues, build relationships with others, share resources, better understand data or missing data, and develop strategies together. …