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Maine Women's Voices: Creating an Economic Security Agenda

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Introduction

The Maine Women's Economic Security Agenda reflects the voices of Maine women. In community forums in each County across the state, women in Maine have voiced their concerns about the economic issues that face their communities and their families.

They have confirmed that women's economic security encompasses a wide spectrum of issues. Beyond the obvious issues of work and wages, women's economic situation is affected by many other factors, including health care, safety, child care, education and training, equal opportunity, asset development, business ownership, and even tax policy and infrastructure.

All of these issues affect one or more aspects of every woman's economic security - they are interdependent. Even with a good job that pays a living wage (all too rare for Maine women), a failure of any of these other critical elements can mean the loss of economic security.

In order to advance the goal of women's economic security, we must make progress on all of these interdependent issues. Some of this progress will require a rethinking of fiscal priorities. Some will simply require enacting sound, fair policies that eliminate barriers to women's success.

It is the hope of the many and diverse organizations that have come together to articulate this Agenda, that the women of Maine, Maine's policy makers, and our organizations can work together to create solutions and make women's economic security a reality for more than just a few.

The Issues:

  • Expanding Access to Quality Education and Training
  • Ensuring that Employment Yields Economic Security
  • Promoting the Development of Women-Owned Businesses
  • Increasing Women's Financial Literacy and Asset Development
  • Redesigning Infrastructures to Address the Needs of Women and Families
  • Addressing Comprehensive Women's Health Care
  • Ensuring Women's Safety
  • Building Sustainable Communities and a Diversified Economy
  • Assuring Public Resources for Women's Needs

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