Opinion: Why I’m suing Arizona to help low-wage workers
By Regina Romero HB2579 represents blatant legislative overreach into local [...]
Opinion: Why I'm suing Arizona to help low-wage workers
By Regina Romero HB2579 represents blatant legislative overreach into local [...]
This 17-Year-Old Was Fired After Asking for Equal Pay at Her Summer Job
By Hannah Orenstein Jensen isn't sure yet if she'll take [...]
Why One Researcher Worries about Welfare Reform’s Impact on White Men
By Danielle Paquette Still, Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute [...]
How Wall Street Keeps Outrageous Gender Bias Quiet 20 Years After the Boom-Boom Room
By Susan Antilla Everybody loves a half-price sale, and if [...]
U.S. Soccer Is Saying There Isn’t A Gender Wage Gap
By Haley Goldberg In April, Alex Morgan and four of her fellow [...]
Economic Security for Survivors Project and BEST Index Transitions to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
On June 1, the Economic Security for Survivors Project (ESS Project), founded by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), transitioned to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), as WOW winds down its operations. The ESS project seeks to build, protect, and restore the economic security of survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking so that they may be safe and free of abuse.
IWPR Announces New Board Members and Election of Officers
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its board of directors, Katherine M. Kimpel, Esmeralda O. Lyn, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Shuler.
10 Best Cities for Working Mothers
By Susan Adams If you start sorting for types of [...]
Mothers in College Have Declining Access to On-Campus Child Care
As Mother’s Day approaches, the 3.4 million mothers in college are performing a complicated balancing act. According to new IWPR analysis, availability of on-campus child care continued to decline in 2014, with just half of public four-year institutions providing on-campus child care services, down from a high of 55 percent in 2003-05.
