Read about how this simple strategy increased participation of women and men of color in IBEW/NECA local 48’s apprenticeship program.

In October at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) released a new report, Tackling Child Care: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Child Care, researched and co-authored by IWPR. Panelists, including Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, and Ram Kumar Gupta, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in India, noted that the inclusion of child care on the agenda of the Annual Meetings, attended by finance ministers, business leaders, and other senior government officials, reflects considerable progress toward equality for women.

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the December employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) establishment survey finds that, over the last year (November 2016 - November 2017), women gained fewer jobs than men: women gained 985,000, while men gained 1,086,000 jobs.

Women in Hawai‘i have a distinct history, culture, and identity that shapes their status in ways that differ from other states. In the United States overall, the largest racial and ethnic groups are White, Hispanic, and Black, accounting for over 90 percent of the population of women of all ages in the country.

If trends over the last 30 years continue, Hispanic women will not see equal pay with White men until 2233—216 years from now.