YWCA Alaska tackles pay equality between men, women

In Alaska, women make up 48 percent of the workforce, but only earn an average of $.67 for every dollar men make for the same work. Because of this, Alaska has been ranked 48 out of all 50 state for pay equality.
The YWCA Alaska is halfway through its two-year EconEquity Initiative, which aims to change those numbers.
“When we first started, no one knew that, it was very surprising news, so we spent time seeing if there was support for an initiative to eliminate the pay gap,” YWCA Al