Obstacles Facing Low-Income Women, a new survey released today. The results are based on 215 responses from 45 states, along with follow-up telephone interviews. The report includes descriptions of actual encounters with discrimination and other barriers, as well as state and federal policy recommendations. We need to address these issues now.
Employment discrimination is a serious problem facing low-income women .
In September 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that several New York city welfare recipients were sexually harassed while in workfare jobs. We simply must do more to protect low-wage workers from discrimination and exploitation.