IWPR Newsletter: Winter/Spring 2009
IWPR Launches New Study on Women and Immigration; New Report Examines the Lives of Black Girls in New York City and more articles
Sen. Susan Collins Cuts Women’s Jobs from Stimulus Bill
Over the past several days, Senator Susan Collins (R, ME) [...]
An Estimate of Program Cost under Oregon Senate Bill 966, the Family Leave Benefits Insurance Act
Children First for Oregon requested that the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analyze the Family Leave Benefits Insurance Act in order to provide lawmakers and policy advocates with information about the likely costs and use of a universal paid family leave insurance program in Oregon. This document presents that estimate.
Obama’s Cabinet Appointments so far Fail to meet Bush’s Number of Women
Women Leaders call for Obama to appoint a Woman to [...]
IWPR Newsletter: Fall 2008
How Progressive Women Activists Reframe American Democracy: New IWPR Report ; and more articles
Healers of Our Time: Women, Faith, and Justice, Mapping Report
As the twenty-first century unfolds, women of diverse faiths claim authority as healing agents of change in a world that aches for justice and peace.
Healers of Our Time: Women, Faith, and Justice, Mapping Report (Executive Summary)
Research reveals that a great majority of women in the U.S. rely on their involvement in religious groups as powerful venues to gather, think, share, and strategize about ways to fortify their own lives as well as serve the common good.
Some Small and Medium-Size Establishments Join Large Ones in Offering Paid Sick Days
Paid time off benefits are less common in smaller firms, but even in the smallest—those with one to nine employees—more than half provide paid sick days (56 percent), and nearly three-quarters have vacation policies (72 percent).
Do All Women Leaving the Workforce Have a Choice?
We need to equalize the family care burden between men and women in the United States. Only after women receive equal rights and considerations as employees and workplaces embrace work flexibility standards already set by other leading nations will women be able to make truly free decisions for their own lives.
Building Alliances of Women: A Manual for Holding Workshops on Women’s Values
This manual provides an overview of how to hold workshops on women’s values in your community.
