Maine Commission on the Status of Women release biennial report [Video]

THIS SITUATION FOR THE FUTURE. FOR MAINE’S TOTAL COVERAGE, I’M CONNOR CLEMENT. WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO BE LIVING WITH INCOMES BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. THIS IS ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM MAINE’S PERMANENT COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. CATE MCCUSKER BRINGS US THE STATISTICS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AUGUSTA. HOW CAN EVERYONE IN MAINE THRIVE – TODAY THIS COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF WOMEN’S LABOR AND ECONOMIC SECURITY IN OUR STATE. SINCE IT WAS RE- ESTABLISHED IN 2009 – THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN WORKS TO ADVISE STATE POLICY MAKERS ON ISSUES IMPACTING WOMEN IN MAINE. 00:15:28:12 – 0015:43:20 “THE COMMISSION SERVES THE ENTIRE STATE BECAUSE UNTIL WOMEN IN OUR STATE THRIVE, MAINE CANNOT THRIVE.” TODAY THEY RELEASED THEIR BIENNIAL REPORT – WHICH FOUND THAT WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN THE LABOR FORCE AT A LOWER RATE THAN MEN – AND WOMEN ARE ALSO MORE …