The Gender Wage Gap: 2014
The ratio of women’s and men’s median annual earnings was 78.6 percent for full-time/year-round workers in 2014.
Unemployment Rate for Women and Men of Color Remains Higher Than for White Women and Men
According to the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Black women and men have the highest levels of unemployment, while whites have the lowest.
How Partners are Using IWPR’s Status of Women in the States Data
By Sarah Blugis, Communications Intern and Rachel Linn, Communications Associate [...]
Foreword to Get to the Bricks: The Experiences of Black Women from New Orleans Public Housing after Hurricane Katrina
by Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D. This foreword appears in the IWPR [...]
How the New Overtime Rule Will Help Women & Families
This report, a collaboration between the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and MomsRising, is an analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed change to the overtime threshold and how this change will affect working women.
Summer 2015 Newsletter
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Women Gain Two Out of Three New Jobs in June: Women Gained 150,000 and Men Gained 73,000 Jobs
According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the July employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women gained 150,000 jobs and men gained 73,000 for a total of 223,000 jobs added in June.
ESS Project Newsletter Summer 2015
July 26th marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against those with disabilities in all aspects of life.
Leveraging Highway Funds to Support Women in Construction
Power Point presentation on improving women’s access to training and employment in transportation industries at the National Fund for Workforce Solutions Conference.
Gender, Urbanization, and Democratic Governance
With two-thirds of the world’s population predicted to live in urban areas by the year 2050, the global landscape is changing rapidly.
