HELP CRAFT SOLUTIONS! Tell us your ideas about empowering WV women to move forward
Help uncover solutions. Share your data, ideas or help put best practices in place to ensure West Virginia women have solid opportunities to learn, work and earn.
To achieve long-term economic prosperity, West Virginia must empower more women to chart our path forward. West Virginia has the lowest percentage of women in the labor force in the U.S., (10% below the national average), and a higher than average gender wage gap. West Virginia will be most prosperous when everyone has an equal shot at a good job and sustainable pay. Let's work on that!
To achieve long-term economic prosperity, West Virginia must empower more women to chart our path forward. West Virginia has the lowest percentage of women in the labor force in the U.S., (10% below the national average), and a higher than average gender wage gap. West Virginia will be most prosperous when everyone has an equal shot at a good job and sustainable pay. Let's work on that!
In 2019, we will identify ways to improve:Barriers that prevent women from entering or staying in the workforce;Educational opportunities for girls & women in WV;Factors that lead to a lifelong wage gap compared to their male peers;The role of mentoring. WV Forward, the WV Public Education Collaborative and the WVU's Provost Office are partnering to coordinate results-oriented conversations. Email us your thoughts.