Men Still Lag Behind in U.S. Jobs Recovery
"So far, the data don't bare out a story of [...]
Millennial Women Are Still Getting Paid Less Than Men
"Despite an earlier Pew report that showed women gaining parity [...]
Congress Won’t Be 50 Percent Women Until 2121. What Is the Hold Up
Are we looking at more than 100 years before women [...]
Congress Won't Be 50 Percent Women Until 2121. What Is the Hold Up
Are we looking at more than 100 years before women [...]
More than Two-Thirds of Low-Wage and Food Service Workers Lack Access to Paid Sick Days in Oakland
Washington, DC —A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s [...]
Men Still 699,000 Jobs Short of Employment Recovery; Strong Job Gains in May for Men and Women in Female-Dominated Industries
According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the June employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), although the total number of jobs lost in the recession has been recovered (138,463,000 jobs in May 2014 vs. 138,350,000 jobs in December 2007, when the recession began), men are still short 699,000 from their prerecession peak. Women regained their peak in August 2013. In May, women gained 86,000 jobs on nonfarm payrolls, while men gained 131,000 for an increase of 217,000 total jobs in May. In the past year, men have gained more than half the new jobs added (53 percent vs. 47 percent for women).
Female CEOs Make Strides, but Pay Gap Persists
"Surveys that include CEOs of smaller companies, both publicly and [...]
Can Obamacare Help Close the Gender Wage Gap?
"Not relying on an employer for health insurance reduces the [...]
Why More Women Don’t Run for Office
"The report was released by Political Parity , a nonpartisan organization [...]
New Research Explores the Barriers Women Face in Seeking Higher Office
A new report released today by Political Parity, a nonpartisan program of Hunt Alternatives, finds that women in politics often encounter a series of structural and social roadblocks that make it difficult to navigate a road to higher office. The findings in the report draw on insights from focus groups and in-depth interviews conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and polling of female state legislators by Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting.
