More women in Alabama are considered the breadwinners in their homes, but a task force study says they’re also more likely to live in poverty.
This information is fueling one organization to change the way women are paid by closing the wage gap and help them make a more equitable living.
“So 74% of households in Alabama are led by a female breadwinner. And that is across the board, whatever the economic strata of women and families. But we know that women are overrepresented in the lowest paid jobs, which means women that are living at or below the poverty,” Bunning said. “So we know that not only do we need to fix the wage gap in very traditional ways, ways can we do by strengthening our equal pay laws, but also getting women into more high-paying in-demand jobs,” Bunning said.
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