TV's New Retro Babes Are No Role Models
"No. 2: While the wage gap between younger women and [...]
IWPR to Release Report Series on Impact of Recession on Americans’ Economic Security, Retirement Prospects, and Attitudes on Social Security & Medicare
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) will release two timely and critical reports with data from the IWPR/Rockefeller Foundation Survey of Economic Security showing that the impacts of the recession have been both broad and deep.
IWPR to Release Report Series on Impact of Recession on Americans’ Economic Security, Retirement Prospects, and Attitudes on Social Security & Medicare
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) will release two timely and critical reports with data from the IWPR/Rockefeller Foundation Survey of Economic Security showing that the impacts of the recession have been both broad and deep.
Is Banking Fair to Women?
"Of the more than 6 million employees in American banking, [...]
Gender Wage Gap Remains Unchanged
The closing of the wage gap between men and women workers has remained essentially unchanged in the last two years—from in 77.0 2009 to 77.4 in 2010. According to an updated fact sheet from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), the wage gap closed by ten percentage points between 1981 and 1990, but closed by only four percentage points between 1991 and 2000.
Obama Jobs Plan: Women Pleasantly Surprised
"Obama also emphasized the need to rebuild the nation’s physical [...]
Women Continue to Lose Jobs in the Public Sector
A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), finds that women employees lost 81 percent (473,000) of the 581,000 jobs lost in the public sector since December 2008.
Public Job Creation
"This decline in public employment will inevitably be intensified by [...]
The Recession’s Gender Gap: from ‘Man-cession’ to ‘He-covery’
"Men were hit harder and earlier by job losses than [...]
On Labor Day, the Recovery Job Gap between Women and Men Remains Large
This year’s Labor Day will mark the 23rd consecutive month that women’s employment has remained virtually stagnant, according to an updated fact sheet from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR).
