Public Policy Forum: Women's Economic Security
Thursday March 7
6 pm
Wouldn’t you like more in-depth information on the important issues facing Florida from a nonpartisan but equity-focused viewpoint? Would you like to be able to ask your own questions of experts regarding these issues?
Come join our March Public Policy Education Forum where Mary Gatta, our AAUW FL Co-Public Policy Director will share her new research on Florida women's economic security and the gender pay gap.
The forum will occur on Thursday March 7th at 6pm on ZOOM
Dr. Mary Gatta has over twenty years of teaching, research and advocacy experience working on issues of career education and workforce development in colleges and non-profit organizations.
Here in Florida, she serves as the Co-Public Policy Director for the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Florida. She has led research for the AAUW in Florida on older women's economic security across race and class. Through this work she wrote several reports including: “Women, Economic Insecurity and Aging in the Florida Sunshine”, “Florida’s Hispanic Women – Striving But Not Economically Thriving”, and “Working Black Women in Florida and Economic Insecurity: A Story of Gender and Racial Inequality.” and "Women and Economic Insecurity In Sarasota County, Florida" In addition, she worked on the national AAUW report Limiting Our Livelihoods: The Cumulative Impact of Sexual Harassment on Women’s Careers.
