Some unique issues women face:
Women are more likely to live in poverty than are adult men. Single-mother families face particularly high poverty rates, often because of the lower wages earned by women.
Female students are less well represented than men in science and technology-related fields, which typically lead to higher paying occupations.
Women continue to spend more of their time in household activities or caring for other family members; they also do more unpaid volunteer work than men.
Despite their gains in labor market experience and in education, women still earn less than men.
Women are disproportionately more likely than men to be affected by certain critical health problems, including mobility impairments.