The Student Parent Trap
"Without the child-care scholarship she found through the Philadelphia-based nonprofit, [...]
Greater Access to Child Care Could Help More Students Graduate
" Greater access to on-campus child-care services would increase opportunities [...]
Community Organizations Take Lead in Assisting Latina Immigrants Who Lack Access to Support Services
A new report released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that nonprofit community and religious organizations have stepped in to assist Latina immigrants who face challenges such as lack of health care and violence at home or in the workplace.
Colleges Need More Child Care to Help Student Parents Graduate
According to a new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), greater access to on-campus child care facilities would increase opportunities for low-income student parents to complete postsecondary education, but only 5 percent of the child care needed by student parents is supplied at on-campus child centers.
IWPR Finds Class Action Lawsuits Reduce Employment Discrimination
Drawing on research from an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) report released today, IWPR submitted an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in their case against Wal-Mart for employment discrimination.
Recovery Leaves Women Behind
Experts have been hard-pressed to explain the slower pace of [...]
Information on Response and Recovery from the Women of Japan
Please see below notes, focal points and links to agencies [...]
Women’s Long and Winding Road to Equality
"Despite huge advances in the past 50 years, American women's [...]
Women's Long and Winding Road to Equality
"Despite huge advances in the past 50 years, American women's [...]
Paid Sick Day Access Rates by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2010
Access to Paid Sick Days by Race/Ethnicity/Gender Groups Note: Sample [...]
