Poverty stalks Women New report says millions of women at risk of falling into poverty, economic ruin

New report says millions of women at risk of falling into poverty, economic ruin  and the War on women continues

Women make up close to two-thirds of minimum-wage workers in the country — and upwards of 70 percent of those low-wage workers receive no paid sick days whatsoever, according to the report. 

“These are people who are trying to survive on minimum wage, which is not a living wage,” Shriver said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. “The number one thing that would make the most difference to them is getting sick days,” she added.

All the while, some 40 percent of all American households with children below the age of 18 include mothers who are either the only or primary source of income — with the average earnings of full-time female workers still just 77 percent of the average earnings of their male colleagues, the report reads.

As a nation we say one thing...motherhood and children are our future....and yet our treatment and laws allow poverty to continue to stalk women.   Our  future is doomed if we continue to allow this downward spiral to continue.