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Does Michigan Public Policy Support Women’s Economic Security? Michigan Partners Project Center for the Education of Women June 25, 2014
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Does Michigan Public Policy Support Women’s Economic Security?
Michigan Partners ProjectCenter for the Education of Women
June 25, 2014
About The Speaker:
Dr. Ebony Reddock is the coordinator of the Michigan Partners Project at the Center for the Education of Women, U-M Ann Arbor and an advocate for women’s health and empowerment.
Overview
Who Are Michigan’s Women?
What Is The State of Public Policy?
Does Policy Support Women’s Economic Security?
What Can We Do?
Who Are Michigan’s Women?
Martial Status
• Martial Status• 47.6%
married• 28.8%
never married
• 1.6% separated
• 9.6% widowed
• 12.3% divorced
Racial/Ethnic
Categories• White:
79.7%• Black:
15.5%• American
Indian: 1.4%
• Asian: 3%• Native
Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
• Hispanic or Latino: 4.6%
SES
• Employment• 58% in
labor force
• 52% employed
• Education• 90%
completed HS
• 26% completed BA or higher
Households
• 31.5 % of households are headed by women• 66% of
them have children under 18
Poverty Status
• 33.7% of female headed households are in poverty.• 44%
have children under 18• 53.7%
have children under 5
50% of Michigan’s population
What are policies that affect the everyday
lives of Michigan women?
Health Security Family Security
Financial Security
Physical Security
Women’s Economic Security
Health Security
• Goal: Women have access to quality health care and ability to care for themselves and/or family members in case of illness.
Related Policies
Affordable Care Act & Healthy Michigan (Medicaid Expansion)
Paid Sick Leave Policies
Family Security
• Goal: Women have access to quality and affordable care for families and other dependents, as well as other resources, such as education and training, that will support them and their families in becoming self-sufficient.
Related Policies
DHS Work Requirements
Child Care
Financial Security
• Goal: Women have access to employment options that pay a fair wage.
Related Policies
Minimum Wage
Pay Equity
Physical Security
• Goal: Women are safe from physical, mental, and emotional harm in their homes, communities and workplaces.
Related Policies
VAWA
Workplace Bullying
Does Michigan Public Policy Support Women’s Economic
Security?
Initiative: Michigan Partners Project
• The Michigan Partners Project (MPP) is a collaboration of community and academic partners addressing Michigan women's economic insecurity by identifying and promoting data-driven policy recommendations that support women advancing out of poverty.
How The MPP Works
Gendered Lens
on Poverty
Workgroups & Networks
Data Disseminati
on
Capacity- Building
MPP Priority Issues
Childcare
Workplace Policies
Access to Education & Training
Next Meetings
• July:– Flint: July 29– Detroit: July 31
• September– Policy Advocacy Training
• November– November 18– November 20
www.cew.umich.edu/michigan-partners
Thank You!
