IWPR Statement on the Establishment of Council for Gender Policy, and Appointees
IWPR Statement—We applaud the Biden administration's establishment of the Council [...]
IWPR Statement on President-Elect Biden’s American Rescue Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | [...]
December data show women’s employment declining in pandemic—no clear end in sight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2021 Contact: Keri A. [...]
Statement from IWPR on Passing the Second Stimulus Package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2020 Contact: Keri A. Potts [...]
Women’s Falling Unemployment Sign of Long-Term Problems Rather Than Recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2020 Contact: Keri A. [...]
New IWPR Report Shows Economic Recovery Hinges on School Reopenings, Strong Care Infrastructure, and Putting Women Back to Work
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2020 Contact: Keri A. Potts [...]
Despite modest employment gains, women still 5.5 million jobs below pre-pandemic level. Unemployment for Black and Hispanic women remains high.
New October jobs data show women remain 5.5 million jobs below February's levels. Despite women gaining 280,000 (43.9 percent) of 638,000 new non-farm payroll jobs since October and adult women having lower unemployment rates (6.5 percent) than men (6.7 percent) for the first time since April, stubborn trends continue.
Latinas Projected to Reach Equal Pay in 2220
New research released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) for Latina Equal Pay Day shows a continued large wage gap for Latina workers.
Economic Progress Stalls for Women
Jobs data show substantially slowed growth since September. For the first time in the COVID-19 recession, women have gained fewer jobs than men.
Same Gap, Different Year: IWPR says wage gap persists
An analysis released today by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows that women are still almost 40 years from reaching pay equity with men if trends continue at the current pace. Each year the wage gap persists, women fall further behind men in overall earnings and ability to build assets and wealth with a cumulative effect each year in which earnings differences continue.