Report: D.C. Scores Highest on ‘Status of Women’ Among Southern States
Women own more than 42 percent of District businesses, a [...]
Pay women more if you want to reduce poverty (February 25th, 2016)
If working women were paid the same amount as their [...]
Equal Pay Would Cut Poverty for Working Women in the South by More than Half
A new report, released in advance of Super Tuesday, by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), finds that the gender wage gap costs women in the South $155.4 billion per year. Closing the wage gap would reduce relatively high poverty rate for working women in the southern United States by more than half. The Status of Women in the South is the first report to provide a comprehensive portrait of the status of women, particularly the status of women of color, in the southern states, grading each state on six different topic areas related to women’s economic, political, health, and social status.
How being a woman can ding your credit score
There are a lot of reasons behind the pay gap. Some [...]
Bernie Sanders’ Home State Just Passed A Paid Sick Leave Law
Here in America, sick leave is viewed as a perk. [...]
Bernie Sanders' Home State Just Passed A Paid Sick Leave Law
Here in America, sick leave is viewed as a perk. [...]
Salary Transparency Will Help Women
The most recent, and largest, state to take action is [...]
All Workers In This State Will Soon Be Guaranteed A Paid Day Off When They Get Sick
There are now 29 laws across the country at the [...]
Lack of paid sick days worst for Hispanics, low-wage workers, study finds
Amid the swelling national conversation about income inequality comes a [...]
How New York Made Pre-K a Success
In 2013, Bill de Blasio campaigned for mayor on a [...]
