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Assessing the Status of Women at the County Level: A Manual for Researchers and Advocates

This manual provides instructions for analyzing the status of women at the county level. The manual allows advocates, researchers, and others within each state to assess women’s status at the local level, rank counties, and make cross-county comparisons.

By Misha Werschkul, Barbara Gault and Heidi Hartmann|2020-11-13T03:54:34-05:00October 19, 2004|IWPR|Comments Off on Assessing the Status of Women at the County Level: A Manual for Researchers and Advocates

State-by-State Rankings on Women’s Economic Status: Data on the Wage Gap and Women’s Poverty

As part of its 2004 series of reports on the Status of Women in the States, the Institute for Women's Policy Research has calculated state by state rankings for women's status on se3rveral economic indicators presented here.

By IWPR|2021-01-23T18:17:15-05:00October 1, 2004|IWPR|Comments Off on State-by-State Rankings on Women’s Economic Status: Data on the Wage Gap and Women’s Poverty

Expanded Sick Leave Would Yield Substantial Benefits to Business, Employers, and Families

More than half of all workers in the private sector and in state and local government (54 percent, or 66 million workers) are not provided with any paid sick leave after a full year of service, according to a new analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

By Vicky Lovell, Barbara Gault and Heidi Hartmann|2020-12-02T04:20:41-05:00June 15, 2004|IWPR|Comments Off on Expanded Sick Leave Would Yield Substantial Benefits to Business, Employers, and Families

No Time To Be Sick: Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don’t have Paid Sick Leave

Expansion of paid sick leave and integration of family caregiving activities into authorized uses of paid sick leave are crucial work and health supports for workers, their families, employers, and our communities at large.

By Vicky Lovell|2020-10-31T03:21:08-05:00June 6, 2004|IWPR|Comments Off on No Time To Be Sick: Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don’t have Paid Sick Leave