Blog Dominique Derbigny Sims Health Justice Worker Justice Georgia’s Abortion Ban Threatens Violence and Economic Insecurity for Black Women August 23, 2022 / April 25, 2023 by Dominique Derbigny Sims Georgia’s history is fraught with violence against Black women. Deriving from the painful origins of slavery, where Black women were forced into pregnancy and childbirth by their enslavers, we find ourselves in an eerily familiar landscape where women are denied the autonomy to choose whether or when to birth babies. In 2019, Georgia lawmakers passed […] Read more » COVID-19 Economic Security racial equity women
Blog Dominique Derbigny Sims Worker Justice Unequal Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Impacted Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas November 18, 2021 / April 25, 2023 by Dominique Derbigny Sims | 1 Comment on Unequal Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Impacted Economic Security for Black Women and Latinas Nearly two years into a global public health crisis, most people are experiencing some degree of pandemic burnout, but COVID-19 and its ensuing economic effects have not impacted everyone equally. People who were systematically marginalized before the pandemic are bearing the brunt of its devastation, especially women of color with low incomes. Although Black women […] Read more » COVID-19 Economic Security racial equity women
Jennifer Owens Past Events CANCELED: Women-Powered Prosperity Day February 17, 2020 / May 19, 2020 by Jennifer Owens The Georgia state legislature has been suspended indefinitely due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, our Women-Powered Prosperity event has been canceled both to encourage safety during this time and due to the suspension. GBPI is partnering with Faith in Public Life, 9to5 and Small Business Majority to host and highlight the women of People-Powered Prosperity. March is […] Read more » Budget event women
Alex Camardelle Reports Worker Justice Women Mean Business: State Strategies to Close the Women’s Wealth Divide Through Entrepreneurship in Georgia April 29, 2019 / October 13, 2026 by Alex Camardelle Download PDF Georgia ranks second in the nation for the growth of women-owned businesses.[1] Women own about 40 percent of Georgia firms.[2] Entrepreneurship remains a powerful way for women to propel themselves along the path to economic prosperity. Still, while the number of women business owners is growing fast in Georgia, they lag significantly behind […] Read more » business Economic Security economy entrepreneurship equity wealth divide wealth gap women
GBPI In The News Women, wages, wealth, health: Power at the polls must translate to policy change February 27, 2019 / January 14, 2020 by GBPI Admin During the 2018 elections, a record number of women engaged in the political process, many for the first time. They ran for office, turned out to vote and flexed their civic engagement muscles. Nearly two-thirds of all competitive state legislative races had at least one woman on last November’s ballot. Representation is critically important. Fresh leadership […] Read more » health Jennifer Owens wages women
Blog Jennifer Owens Worker Justice Women, wages, wealth, health: Power at the polls must translate to policy change February 25, 2019 / April 25, 2023 by Jennifer Owens As published in SaportaReport on Sunday, February 24, 2019 During the 2018 elections, a record number of women engaged in the political process, many for the first time. They ran for office, turned out to vote and flexed their civic engagement muscles. Nearly two-thirds of all competitive state legislative races had at least one woman […] Read more » gender equity wage gap women
GBPI In The News On Second Thought July 22, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Celeste Headlee talks to a panel about what can change to make lives for working moms in Georgia better: Melissa Johnson of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Lisa Anderson from Atlanta Women for Equality and Atlanta mom blogger Heather Henry. Read more. Read more » Melissa Johnson poverty women
GBPI In The News Ga. women-owned business statistics not all good news May 28, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Gov. Nathan Deal recently tweeted a headline that read “Georgia sees fastest growth in number of women-owned firms since 1997.” That may be true, but it’s not the whole picture Read more. Read more » Melissa Johnson poverty women
