Women's Center

Why A Women's Center?

Because: Worldwide women receive 30-40% less pay on average for the same work as men.

Because: 45% of all women workers earn less than $6.00 an hour, 53% of African American and Hispanic women early less than $6.33 an hour.

Because: 3 to 4 million women are battered each year; and 60% of homeless women are homeless due to domestic violence.

Because: 60% of women receiving public assistance have been victims of domestic violence.

Because: 67% of teen parents have been victims of sexual abuse.

Because: 1 out of 5 women are sexually abused

Because: Only 4.1% of national grants went to fund women and girl's programs

Because: Of the 1, 566 members of the National Academy of Sciences, only 67 are women.

Because: Men outnumber women 8-1 in professions that pay from $40,000 to $100,000.

Because: 75% of retirees living below the poverty line are women.

Because: Women hold less than 20% of managerial, administrative, and manufacturing jobs worldwide.

Because: Women make up 1/2 the world's population, perform 2/3 of the world's work, receive less than 1/10 of its income, and own less than 1/100 of the world's property.

Because: We are here to help level the playing field.