Caregiving and Families
Recognizing the invaluable contribution of unpaid care work, we strive to create policies that support and uplift caregivers by analyzing the need for accessible and high-quality child care, elder care, paid sick and family leave, flexible work schedules, and cash transfers for mothers and families.
DC Paid Family Leave: Access and Impact on Workers
This report summarizes findings from 12 interviews with beneficiaries of DC Paid Family Leave. These conversations provided insights into how having access to paid leave benefits impacted participants’ financial, mental, and physical well-being, as well as their ability to perform their caregiving responsibilities and [...]
This Social Work Month, Let’s Uplift Those Who Uplift Others
March is Social Work Month, and this year’s theme—“Compassion + Action”—is especially apt, as social workers are compassionate care workers who act on behalf of the communities in which they serve to cultivate a more safe, just, and equitable society for us all. March is [...]
How Hawaiʻi’s Child Care Crisis Impacts Women’s Ability to Succeed in the Workforce
Limited access to affordable and quality child care has been a longstanding issue across the United States. The situation is especially precarious in the Aloha State, where child care availability falls short of families’ needs, and child care costs rank the highest in the country. [...]
Care Conference 2024: Crafting Solutions—Unblocking Progress toward Gender and Racial Economic Equity
This is the sixth and final blog in a series detailing the panels and discussions that took place at the recent 2024 Care Conference hosted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and American University’s Program on Gender Analysis in Economics (PGAE). Build evidence to [...]
