'Mancession' Fades As More Men Than Women Find Jobs
"Women are not getting their fair share of jobs in [...]
More Than 300,000 Women Drop Out of Labor Force as Sluggish Growth Continues
Women gained over half (65,000) of the 120,000 jobs gained this month, as reported in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Friday (which included revisions for September and October as well as new numbers for November). Analysis of the new data by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows that the wide job gap between men and women remains 1.5 million jobs.
Small Steps Forward in Job Gains, But Not Enough to Close Gender Gap
By Caroline Hopper On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics [...]
Steinem's Wall Street Occupied as Women Earn 81 Cents on Each Male Dollar
After the worst economic downturn in nearly a century, men [...]
City Takes Action to Address High Rates of Homelessness in New Orleans
2008 photo of the B.W. Cooper housing development in [...]
Slow Job Growth in November for Both Women and Men
Job growth remained slow in November with 120,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls.
One Community of Women and Men: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
By Amanda Lo The Woodrow Wilson Center and United States [...]
Paid Sick Days Could Save Billions
This week, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released [...]
Poverty's new faces: Where to draw the line?
"It goes back to 1963. A statistician named Mollie Orshansky, [...]
Paid Sick Days Would Save $1 Billion in Health Costs
Access to paid sick days could save $1 billion in medical costs annually according to a report released today by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR).
