The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the March employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finds that women gained 167,000 jobs and men gained 75,000 for a total of 242,000 jobs added in February, giving women 69 percent of job growth.
Women’s earnings are crucial to their families’ economic well-being. Women are close to half of all employees in the United States, they are half of all workers with college degrees, and they are the co- or main breadwinners in close to two thirds of families with children, yet they persistently earn less than men.
Affordable, quality child care is crucial to the postsecondary success of the 4.8 million undergraduate students raising dependent children.
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services [...]
DOWNLOAD REPORT The Institute for Women’s Policy Research [...]
Approximately 42 percent of workers in St. Paul, Minnesota lack paid sick time, and low-income and part-time workers are especially unlikely to be covered.
by Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D. At a hearing on January 14, [...]
By Haley Nolan and Lindsey Reichlin With two-thirds of the [...]
Survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking often experience significant economic barriers and consequences of abuse.
By Rachel Linn Student parents have been gaining visibility in [...]
