As college student poverty grows, so do food pantries
College students are ineligible for the state food assistance program, [...]
Good and Growing Middle-Skill Jobs Exclude Women, New Report Shows
Women hold only a third of positions in growing middle-skill jobs that pay at least $35,000 or as much as $102,000 per year, according to a new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). These middle-skill jobs, which require a high school education but not a college degree, pay a living wage and can serve as a stepping stone to a higher-paying career for women workers, who now serve as the sole or co-breadwinner in half of American families.
The Gender Wage Gap Just Got Bigger
The gender wage gap actually widened last year, according to [...]
6 Ways Men and Women Differ When it Comes to Money
Wages play an important role in those statistics; when you [...]
Here’s Which States Offer Women The Most Equality
"Women tend to do well where the industries that dominate [...]
Here's Which States Offer Women The Most Equality
"Women tend to do well where the industries that dominate [...]
Gender wage gap widens in 2015
The ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings [...]
New Data Shows the Gender Wage Gap Widened in 2015
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2016—with this year’s campaign focused on reaching gender parity across the globe—a new fact sheet by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that progress on narrowing the wage gap in the United States has not only stalled, but reversed. The ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings declined from 82.5 percent in 2014 to 81.1 percent in 2015, increasing the gender gap to 18.9 percent from 17.5 percent last year.
Why Gender Inequality Is More Acute for Women in the South
The gender pay gap is a worldwide problem, but women [...]
2016’s Best & Worst States for Women
In light of Women’s History Month, WalletHub’s analysts compared the [...]
