Job Training and Support Services In-The-News: Week of August 29, 2016
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Job Training and Support Services In-The-News: Week of August 22, 2016
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services [...]
Black Women Saw Wages Decline Three Times as Much as Women Overall in the Last Decade
In advance of African American Women’s Equal Pay Day on August 23—the day symbolizing how far into the year Black women must work to earn what White men earned in the previous year—the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released an analysis finding that, between 2004 and 2014, Black women’s real median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work declined by 5.0 percent—more than three times as much as earnings for all women.
Job Training and Support Services In-The-News: Week of August 15, 2016
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services [...]
Job Training and Support Services In-The-News: Week of August 8, 2016
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services [...]
Strong Job Gains Continue with 255,000 Jobs Added in July
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the August employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finds that women gained 181,000 jobs and men gained 74,000 for a total of 255,000 jobs added in July, giving women 71 percent of job growth.
Job Training and Support Services In-The-News: Week of August 1, 2016
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services [...]
Student Parents’ Access to Campus Child Care Continued to Decline in 2015
Given the importance of higher education to a family’s economic security and their children’s future success, ensuring that student parents have access to affordable, quality care must be a priority for educational institutions, higher education advocates, and policymakers.
At the Current Rate, Women Inventors Will Not Reach Parity in Patenting Until 2092
Although women have more than quintupled their representation among patent holders since 1977, fewer than one in five of all patents had at least one woman inventor in 2010, according to a new briefing paper by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). IWPR projects that at the current rate of progress, women inventors will not reach parity in patenting until 2092.
Job Training and Support Services In-The-News: Week of July 18, 2016
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services [...]
