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One in Six High School Girls Experienced Sexual Dating Violence in 2015

As October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released a new chartbook on the alarming prevalence of violence against teenage girls, finding that one in six high school girls experienced sexual dating violence and one in 10 had been raped. Although one in ten high school girls experience physical dating violence, many states do not recognize high school teens as domestic violence victims, nor do they have consistent legal protections for these teen victims.

By |2016-10-27T00:00:00-04:00October 27, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on One in Six High School Girls Experienced Sexual Dating Violence in 2015

In one elite industry, the pay gap for women is more than double the national average

By Catherine Clifford The compensation gap between female and male partners [...]

By |2016-10-21T20:10:00-04:00October 21, 2016|Press Hits|Comments Off on In one elite industry, the pay gap for women is more than double the national average

Pacific West Region Has the Most Broadly Diverse Population of Women in the United States

New analysis of regional demographics from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that more than two in five adult women of color in the United States—about 17.5 million—reside in the South, but concentrations of women of different racial and ethnic groups vary widely by region. The states with the largest concentration of Hispanic women, for instance, are primarily located in the Pacific and Mountain West regions, while the states with the largest concentration of Black women are in the South.

By |2016-10-20T00:00:00-04:00October 20, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Pacific West Region Has the Most Broadly Diverse Population of Women in the United States