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IWPR Welcomes C. Nicole Mason as New President
Dr. C. Nicole Mason is IWPR's new President & CEO.
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IWPR's Student Parent Success Initiative Prepares COVID-19 Rapid Response
IWPR has pulled together new resources to help student parents during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Unpaid House and Care Work Promote Inequality
New report finds housework and caretaking responsibilities limit women's career choices and impact their well being.
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July 2020
Unemployment & the Economy
Economy Adds More Jobs for Women Than Men, But Women Still 8 Million Jobs-on-Payroll Below February and Majority of All Who Lost Jobs -
June 2020
Unemployment & the Economy
Women Gain Disproportionately Fewer Jobs in May, and Face Disproportionately Higher Job Losses since February -
May 2020
Child Care & Early Education
Child Care Supports For The Construction Trades: Building and Sustaining Diversity in Oregon
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducts and communicates research to inspire dialog, shape policy, and improve the lives and opportunities of women of diverse backgrounds, circumstances, and experiences.
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June 8th, 2020
NBC News
‘Historic and unprecedented’: Women have been hit hardest by coronavirus layoffs