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The Pink to Green Toolkit 1.1: Adding a Gender Lens to Green Jobs Training Programs

Would you be surprised to learn that Latina women earn an average of only 60 percent of men’s wages? Use this quiz in an orientation or information session to prompt awareness about the need for women to have access to jobs in traditionally higher paid, male-dominated blue-collar careers.

By |2020-12-11T03:03:16-04:00July 1, 2012|IWPR|Comments Off on The Pink to Green Toolkit 1.1: Adding a Gender Lens to Green Jobs Training Programs

Getting Started: A Handbook to Address Economic Security for Survivors

A Handbook to Address Economic Security for Survivors is a step-by-step tool for transitional housing professionals on how to comprehensively address the economic security of survivors.

By |2021-01-07T01:34:23-04:00June 1, 2012|IWPR|Comments Off on Getting Started: A Handbook to Address Economic Security for Survivors

Job Growth for Women Continues in May: Both Men and Women Have Regained More Than 40 Percent of Jobs Lost

According to IWPR analysis of the June employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job growth continued in May with 69,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls.

By |2020-12-27T17:31:01-04:00June 1, 2012|IWPR|Comments Off on Job Growth for Women Continues in May: Both Men and Women Have Regained More Than 40 Percent of Jobs Lost

Community College Partnerships for Student and Career Success: Program Profile of Carreras en Salud

Postsecondary students with children often need an array of supports to succeed in their studies, which can require significant coordination among new and existing services (Conway, Blair, and Helmer 2012; Henrici n.d.; Miller, Gault and Thorman 2011).

By |2020-12-28T03:20:22-04:00June 1, 2012|IWPR|Comments Off on Community College Partnerships for Student and Career Success: Program Profile of Carreras en Salud