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Women are Four Times More Likely than Men to Work in Jobs with Poverty-Level Wages

In advance of Equal Pay Day on April 12, 2016, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released new analysis finding that 6.5 million women work in occupations that have median earnings for full-time work for women below the federal poverty threshold for a family of four, compared with 1.7 million men.

By IWPR|2016-04-11T00:00:00-05:00April 11, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Women are Four Times More Likely than Men to Work in Jobs with Poverty-Level Wages

This Teen Mom Chose Not to Hide the Truth in Her Graduation Photos and Now She’s Going Viral

There's something different about Vin-zl Vicente's college graduation photos. Like [...]

By Administrator|2016-04-07T22:31:35-05:00April 7, 2016|Press Hits|Comments Off on This Teen Mom Chose Not to Hide the Truth in Her Graduation Photos and Now She’s Going Viral

This Teen Mom Chose Not to Hide the Truth in Her Graduation Photos and Now She's Going Viral

There's something different about Vin-zl Vicente's college graduation photos. Like [...]

By IWPR|2016-04-07T22:31:35-05:00April 7, 2016|Press Hits|Comments Off on This Teen Mom Chose Not to Hide the Truth in Her Graduation Photos and Now She's Going Viral

Losing Ground: Women and minorities in Texas government make less than white men — and the gap is growing

The Texas employee wage gap is relatively narrow compared with [...]

By Administrator|2016-04-07T22:27:13-05:00April 7, 2016|Press Hits|Comments Off on Losing Ground: Women and minorities in Texas government make less than white men — and the gap is growing