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CORNERSTONE | Creating Economic Justice For Women

Vision Statement: In the future women will thrive economically. Communities will benefit when women -- as a result of education, employment opportunities and economic development -- make poverty history.

Outcomes:
  • Decreased pay gap: between men and women, between white women and women of color.
  • Adequate social safety net that assures economic self sufficiency.
  • Full and equal access to educational opportunities for women and girls.
  • Full and equal access to employment and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Fast Facts
  • Women make up 50.8% of Minnesota's workforce.
  • The wage gap exists in every occupation, including those dominated by women.
  • Occupational clustering contributes to the wage gap, threatens women's economic stability, and compromises the productivity of Minnesota's economy.
  • Senior women in Minnesota are at higher risk than senior men of falling below income levels needed to maintain homes and meet basic needs.
  • Minnesota has the third highest accredited childcare costs in the country.

Women's Foundation of Minnesota
155 Fifth Avenue South | Suite 500 | Minneapolis, MN 55401-2626 | directions
612-337-5010 | toll-free 888-337-5010 | fax 612-337-0404 | contactus@wfmn.org