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IWPR 25^th Anniversary Celebration

IWPR will celebrate 25 years of making research count for women on May 22, 2013, with an afternoon symposium, special keynote by Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank, and evening reception. Register and visit our blog for a full list of speakers.

Equal Pay Day: Wage Gap Persists in Most Occupations

On Equal Pay Day, IWPR released a new analysis showing that women earn less than men within and across nearly all of the 114 most common occupations. Woman-dominated occupations provide lower earnings: Four of the ten most common occupations for women, have median earnings for a full-time week of work that are insufficient to lift a family out of poverty.

	Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy New research by IWPR provides first ever state-by-state estimates of women’s share of green jobs in the U.S. and finds a smaller wage gap in the green economy overall. While women hold about half of all jobs in the country, they hold only three out of ten jobs in the growing green economy, with women’s underrepresentation particularly marked in jobs expected to grow the most.

Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy

New research by IWPR provides first ever state-by-state estimates of women’s share of green jobs in the U.S. and finds a smaller wage gap in the green economy overall. While women hold about half of all jobs in the country, they hold only three out of ten jobs in the growing green economy, with women’s underrepresentation particularly marked in jobs expected to grow the most.

	In Memoriam: Mariam K. Chamberlain, 1918-2013 Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain, a founding member of IWPR and the founding president of the National Council for Research on Women, was the driving force behind the cultivation and sustainability of the women’s studies field of academic research, and is the namesake of IWPR’s prestigious Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellowship for Women in Public Policy. She passed away on April 2, 2013, at 94, just a few weeks shy of her 95^th birthday, following complications from surgery. Learn more about her work and her life.

In Memoriam: Mariam K. Chamberlain, 1918-2013

Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain, a founding member of IWPR and the founding president of the National Council for Research on Women, was the driving force behind the cultivation and sustainability of the women’s studies field of academic research, and is the namesake of IWPR’s prestigious Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellowship for Women in Public Policy. She passed away on April 2, 2013, at 94, just a few weeks shy of her 95^th birthday, following complications from surgery. Learn more about her work and her life.

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The Institute for Women's Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies.