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New federal report on women highlights disparities in quality of life for Latinas

Posted by HispanicPro on March 9, 2011 at 9:47am
March is officially Women's History Month where for 31 days the nation will celebrate how far women have come. Yet, while more women are working outside the home, more are holding managerial positions and more have obtained college degrees, it's also true that there still exists income and economic disparities between the genders more acute than ever and women are still the targets of violence in and outside the home.

But what is the true picture of how women are really doing in the U.S.? How are Latinas doing in the U.S.?

There hasn't been a comprehensive federal report on women since 1963, when the Commission on the Status of Women, established by President Kennedy and chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, produced a report on the conditions of women.

Now, 48 years later, someone got the bright idea (not meant sarcastically) that it's about time to take another in-depth look at women.

Today, the White House released a new report entitled Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being. The report is a statistical portrait showing how women, broken down by ethnicity in most cases, are faring in the United States today and how their lives have changed over time. READ MORE
Tags: EDUCATION, HEALTH, LATINAS, WHITE HOUSE, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
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