Economic, Security, Mobility and Equity (ESME)
Whether paid or unpaid, women’s work is crucial for their families’ economic security and well-being. Greater gender equality in paid and unpaid work will reduce poverty and improve economic growth and prosperity; persistent inequity in employment and family work is costing all of us. Women are held back by the undervaluation of historically female work, workplaces designed as if workers had no family responsibilities, and a broken-down work-family infrastructure.
IWPR’s ESME program highlights the extent of pay inequalities, and the role played by stark occupational segregation in perpetuating unequal pay. We conduct research and analysis on women’s labor force participation and employment trends; workforce development, non-traditional employment, and apprenticeships; the impact of sex discrimination and harassment on women’s career advancement and mobility; the gender pay gap and pay inequity across race and ethnicity; work-family policies and employer practices; the and the impact of automation and technological advances on women workers.
We work with policymakers, employers, advocates, and practitioners to identify promising practices and policy solutions.
Equal Pay Day 2022: Digging Deeper into This Year’s Gender Wage Gap
Equal Pay Day, March 15th, is a day of observance of the persistent gender wage gap in the United States. It marks how far into the new year that women must work to earn what men made in the previous year. Women working full-time earn [...]
Equal Pay Day 2022: Despite wage gains in recent months, women still earn just 83 percent of what men make across most sectors and occupations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2022 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | (202) 684-7534 Equal Pay Day 2022: Despite wage gains in recent months, women still earn just 83 percent of what men make across most sectors and occupations Washington, D.C. — Women still earn [...]
New IWPR Survey Shows Wide Gaps Between What Women Want from Employers and What Employers Offer in Terms of Wages, Leave, Workplace Flexibility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2022 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | (202) 684-7534 New IWPR Survey Shows Wide Gaps Between What Women Want from Employers and What Employers Offer in Terms of Wages, Leave, Workplace Flexibility Washington, D.C. — Two years into the pandemic, [...]
The Pandemic Effect: Women Want Good Pay, Health Coverage, and Better Benefits as They Re-Enter Workforce
A new national survey by IWPR finds solid pay, health insurance, job security, retirement benefits, and paid leave top the list of considerations for women as they re-enter the workforce.
March 4-5 Care Infrastructure Conference Pulls Together Experts to Explore Challenges and Solutions Facing Care Industry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2022 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | (202) 684-7534 Event Hosted by Institute for Women’s Policy Research, American University, Carework Network Washington, D.C. — Two years into the pandemic, and as the nation debates how to address the care crisis, [...]
President Biden’s State of the Union Offers Hope for Women’s Equity in the Workplace, Working Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2022 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | (202) 684-7534 President Biden’s State of the Union Offers Hope for Women’s Equity in the Workplace, Working Families President Calls for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act and National Family and Medical Leave Legislation [...]
