The report says women have made major progress is several important areas. But, it says, there is still much work to be done.
Women today are more educated, have better jobs and earn better pay than at any other time in history. There are also more women than men graduating from high school, enrolling in college and attending graduate school. In fact, women are expected to represent nearly sixty percent of all college undergraduate enrollment by the year twenty nineteen.
All of these advances represent major progress for women. However, the White House report also noted some serious problems.
For example, female workers continue to be paid less than male workers. The report said that in two thousand nine women at all educational levels earned about seventy percent of what men earned. Women were also more likely than men to live in poverty. This was especially true for unmarried women with children. Twenty-eight percent of this group had income levels that were below the poverty line.
President Obama noted such inequities in his Presidential Proclamation for Women’s History Month. Mr. Obama said countries are more peaceful and successful when their female citizens enjoy equal rights, equal voices and equal chances for success.
He also said the United States must lead by example in protecting women’s rights and supporting their empowerment. Women are fifty-one percent of the total population in America.
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