Washington is back to holding the 2nd widest wage gap in the nation — $18,545 less per year, every year, for women in this state. That's the headline. But this week's briefing is also about what happens when the systems meant to catch women who fall are themselves falling apart: survivor services facing a funding cliff on June 30, child care cuts that would remove 14,000 families from eligibility, and a child care workforce of women earning half the state average to hold it all together. Plus: trafficking convictions, MMIWP Week of Action on May 5, and what's happening for girls and women in leadership across the region.

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