UID:
edoccha_9959237024902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (104 p.)
ISBN:
1-63485-114-5
Serie:
Women's Issues
Inhalt:
Edited, reformatted and augmented versions of reports issued in 2014 and 2015.
Anmerkung:
Includes index.
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WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES ; WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR: ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY* ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; BY THE NUMBERS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POLICY IMPACTS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR ; Education ; Economic Security ; Health ; POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND INITIATIVES ; 1. Education ; a. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) ; 2. Economic Security ; a. Consumer Protection; b. Entrepreneurship
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c. Equal Payd. Housing; e. Minimum Wage, Low-Income Workers, and Poverty-Prevention Efforts; f. Non-Traditional Occupations ; g. Retirement ; h. Workplace Discrimination ; 3. Health ; a. Health Disparities ; b. HIV/AIDS; c. Maternal and Child Health ; d. Nutrition and Physical Activity ; e. Research ; f. Sexual and Reproductive Health; g. Teen Pregnancy ; h. Workplace Safety ; 4. Violence Against Women; a. Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault ; b. Human Trafficking ; 5. Criminal and Juvenile Justice ; End Notes ; Chapter 2 FULFILLING AMERICA'S FUTURE: LATINAS IN THE U.S., 2015 ; PREFACE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION ; Why Focus on Latinas? ; DEMOGRAPHICS ; One in Five Women in the U.S. Is a Latina ; LATINAS AND DIVERSITY ; Latinas Are Very Diverse ; LATINAS AND EDUCATION ; Educational Conditions and Achievement ; Summary ; LATINAS AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND EARNINGS ; Summary ; LATINAS IN THE PROFESSIONS46 ; Summary; LATINAS AND SMALL BUSINESS ; Summary; LATINAS AND HOUSING ; Summary ; LATINAS AS SINGLE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS ; Summary ; LATINAS AND HEALTH ; Summary ; LATINAS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ; Summary ; CONCLUSION
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Investing in Latinas Critical to Fulfilling America's Future ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; End Notes; INDEX; Blank Page
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-63485-113-7
Sprache:
Englisch
