Women's Fund Wealth Gap Report Launch

Apr 24, 2019
Time: Wednesday 12-1:15pm
Location:
The Boat House at Confluence Park >>
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Sponsor:
The Women's Fund of Central Ohio
Columbus Metropolitan Club
The Ohio State University
Barbara Fergus
Cardinal Health
GBQ
Fee:
Free - $45, depending on member status and discounts; includes lunch
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Fee:
Free - $45, depending on member status and discounts; includes lunch

The forum will feature the following guests who will discuss the gender and racial wealth gap and community solutions to move towards economic empowerment for women, girls, and families: Kelley Griesmer, President & CEO of The Women's Fund will be joined by Christie Angel (President and CEO of YWCA Columbus), Dr. Suparna Bhaskaran, (Senior Researcher at The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society), and Dr. Darrick Hamilton (Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity).

The gender wealth gap, exacerbated by a deeper racial wealth gap, goes far beyond wage inequality and is a much more comprehensive framework for understanding a women’s financial security over her lifetime. This is the first time a report has looked at the gender and racial wealth gap at a local level in Ohio. 

While building wealth can be a lifelong process, women, especially women of color, generally have fewer opportunities than men to accumulate wealth. Often the gender earnings gap is focused on – with women earning just 80 cents on the dollar compared with men – yet the wealth gap is even larger: single women own only 40 cents for every dollar that single men own. For Black and Hispanic women, the wealth gap is especially stark: single Black women own two cents on the dollar compared with all single men, and single Latina women own only eight cents.