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).
At long last, women gain some jobs in the recovery—federal jobs programs could help accelerate job growth for women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2011 Washington, DC --Women gained [...]
Is the Recovery Starting for Women? Slow Job Growth in October for Both Women and Men.
Job growth slowed in October with 80,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls. This is down from 104,000 new jobs in August and 158,000 in September.
Women’s Rights and the Arab Spring for Morocco
By Amanda Lo In September, I attended a panel about [...]
