Women’s Vote Gains Prominence
CNN's Dan Lothian reports on how presidential candidates are working [...]
Women's Vote Gains Prominence
CNN's Dan Lothian reports on how presidential candidates are working [...]
Job Growth Slows for Women and Men in March
In March women gained 38,000 jobs (about one-third of all jobs added) and men gained 82,000. Women’s employment growth was aided by strong growth in health care (26,000 jobs added overall) and food service and drinking places (36,900 jobs added overall). The gap between women’s and men’s employment in March is 1.9 million.
Are Unmarried Women the Key to the Election?
For all the recent hand-wringing over women voters, we still [...]
Fewer Women Enrolling in STEM Classes at Community Colleges
( CNN ) – While it has been argued that [...]
Community Colleges Should Urge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says
Not enough women at community colleges—especially low-income students and those [...]
Listen: Research Analyst Claudia Williams discusses the gender wage gap for Radio Islam
Research Analyst Claudia Williams discusses the gender wage gap on [...]
STEM: A Fast Growing and Vital Field with a Declining Share of Women, According to a New Report
STEM: A Fast Growing and Vital Field with a Declining [...]
Continued Job Growth for Women and Men in February
Washington, DC— According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research [...]
On International Women’s Day, Close in Gender Wage Gap Does Not Mean Progress
A new fact sheet released today by the Institute of Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that in 2011 women earned 17.8 percent less than men for a week of full-time work, a decrease of one percentage point since 2010 and the smallest wage gap seen since 1970.
