Construction and Utilities Are the Only Industries Where Women Have Added Jobs Since COVID. Now the Task Is to Make Them Want to Stay.
There are just two major industries where there are now [...]
How Abortion Restrictions like Texas’s Push Pregnant People into Poverty
By Chabeli Carrazana A study of hundreds of pregnant women [...]
Anemic Jobs Report Signals Trouble for Women’s Full Re-Entry into the Workforce
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 3, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]
Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 2, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | [...]
Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 1, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]
“Nevertheless, I Persisted and Graduated”: A Single Mom’s Journey
This guest blog post is authored by Zoe Erickson in collaboration with IWPR’s Student Parent Success Initiative. Zoe graduated with her Bachelor's degree in June 2020 from Portland State University and is expected to obtain her Master of Public Policy at Portland State University by June 2022. Zoe is also a recipient of services of the Resource Center for Students with Children program at Portland State University.
New Jobs Report Show Gains Across the Board: Women Return to the Workforce, but Full Recovery Still a Ways Off
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 6, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]
“The Pandemic Was Not Going to Stop Me”: A Student Parent Reflects on Struggles, and Success, during COVID
This guest blog post is authored by Jessica Vera, a [...]
The Unpaid Teacher Crisis No One is Talking About: Women Did More Homeschooling than Men in 2020
By Madison Hoff The pandemic and related lockdowns naturally affected [...]
Black Women Were Paid Less than 70 Percent of What White Men Were Paid in Almost Every State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 27, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]
