Kansas women still face workplace inequality

Kansas women "still have a lot of barriers to break down" for workplace equality. Kathleen Marker, YWCA Northeast Kansas CEO, and Fatima Perez-Luthi, The Grind Coaching and Consulting founder and CEO, discuss gender-based financial inequities.

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April 9, 2024 - 2:42 PM

Fatima Perez-Luthi, the founder and CEO of The Grind Coaching and Consulting and manager of a local financial literacy program, discusses the child care calculations many women must make before entering the workforce. Photo by Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — It’s 2024 and the gender pay gap still exists.

And Topeka-based advocates for women’s financial empowerment warn that child care shortages in the state are worsening the issue.

During a recording for the Kansas Reflector podcast, YWCA Northeast Kansas CEO Kathleen Marker and Fatima Perez-Luthi, the founder and CEO of The Grind Coaching and Consulting and manager of a local financial literacy program, discussed gender-based financial inequities.

“We still have a lot of barriers to break down,” Marker said. “Women need to really take hold of…

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