Job Gains Continue in February: Women Gained 162,000 and Men Gained 133,000 Jobs
DOWNLOAD REPORT According to an Institute for Women’s [...]
Moynihan’s Half Century: Have We Gone to Hell in a Hand Basket?
In The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, published in 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously argued that the fundamental obstacle to racial equality was the instability of Black families, and especially the prevalence of single-mother families.
The Status of Women in Washington: Forging Pathways to Leadership and Economic Opportunity
This report provides critical data and analyzes areas of progress for women in Washington, as well as places where progress has slowed or stalled.
Toward Our Children’s Keeper: A Data-Driven Analysis of the Interim Report of the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative Shows the Shared Fate of Boys and Girls of ColorToward Our Children’s Keeper: A Data-Driven Analysis of the Interim Report of the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative Shows the Shared Fate of Boys and Girls of Color
Toward Our Children’s Keeper: A Data-Driven Analysis of the Interim Report of the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative Shows the Shared Fate of Boys and Girls of Color
This report was commissioned by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) as part of a series highlighting issues confronting women and girls of color.
Valuing Good Health in Maryland: The Costs and Benefits of Earned Sick Days
This briefing paper uses data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Census Bureau to evaluate the costs and benefits of Maryland’s Earned Sick Days Act.
Harassment in the Workplace: Why the US and the EU Must Act
Originally published on Huffpost.com As we celebrate the International Day [...]
Access to Paid Sick Days in Oregon
An analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that approximately 47 percent of private sector workers living in Oregon lack even a single paid sick day (these figures exclude workers in Portland and Eugene, which both have paid sick days ordinances).
IWPR Survey Finds Construction Trades Offer Good Wages for Women Workers, but Harassment and Discrimination Still Common
by Ariane Hegewisch During the past 40 years, many previously [...]
Women Leaders in (EU) Foreign Policy: will Mrs Be Better than Lady?
Originally Published on Huffpost On Halloween night, the European Commission [...]
Top 5 IWPR Findings of 2014
by Jourdin Batchelor This was an exciting year for the Institute [...]
