MN Attorney General: More needs to be done to reinforce women's economic security

(Minneapolis, MN) -- A Minnesota agency is sharing details regarding women's economic security throughout the country.

The report was shared on International Women's Day by the Advisory Task Force on Expanding the Economic Security of Women. The full report and executive summary focus on "low cultural, social, and economic value assigned to caregiving; pervasive power imbalances in the economy, politics, and society; the low priority attached to women’s safety; and power imbalances in creating public policy."

The task force recommends several short-, medium-, and long-term solutions that would look to strengthen the  2014 Women’s Economic Security Act. The recommendations would also look to "eliminate barriers to women's full participation in the economy and prosperity."

"Women’s economic security is everyone’s economic security,” Minnesota Attorney General Ellison added. “The report and recommendations are just the end of the beginning of turning this ideal into reality."

The report also looked to identify cultural, structural, organizational and legal barriers to gender equality in both the workplace and the economy at large. You can read the full release on Ellison's website by clicking here.