Employment & Earnings

In 2020 the Women’s Fund commissioned a multi-phased research project on Black women’s economic mobility to better understand regional opportunities and deterrents. This project provides an in-depth evaluation through three research reports—a historical analysis on Black female labor trends, an economic assessment within the Cincinnati region, and interviews with Black women to understand their economic mobility journeys.

At the Women’s Fund we are designing a community in which all women can participate, prosper and reach their full potential, and we know this cannot be achieved without addressing systemic racism and sexism. That’s why we commissioned a multi-phased research project on Black women’s economic mobility to better understand regional opportunities and deterrents.

In the Summer of 2020, we witnessed a national movement for racial equity and justice, which has illuminated the continued oppression of and discrimination against the Black community in the United States of America and emphasized the integration of racist policies and practices reinforced in our systems.

Women in Hawai`i have a wide variety of experiences, hopes, and challenges. Below, a variety of indicators of women’s economic, health, and political status in Hawai`i are explored.  

The Economic Security of Older Women in Maine: Data Report provides a snapshot of how women compare to men on measures such as wages and income, caregiving status, living arrangements, and rates of disability—factors that can impact Maine women's ability to meet their needs with the resources they have.

For more than a decade, women have earned more doctoral degrees than men in the United States. Despite that, women less often get tenure, get published, and reach leadership positions in academia than men do. Much of the research into why that might be focuses on structural barriers and explicit prejudice. But a new study by a team of researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Education finds a widespread implicit bias against academic work that simply seems feminine—even if it’s not about women or gender [...]