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Resilience in Hard Times: Young Women in the Pandemic Recession and Recovery
2021-12-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Webinar
Please join us for a webinar to mark the release of IWPR’s new survey briefs on young women’s diverse experiences during the pandemic. This webinar will bring together policy experts, advocates, and young women leaders to discuss how federal and state policies should support young women in achieving their goals while leveling the playing field by benefiting those who have been hit hardest by the pandemic recession.
Panelists:

Felida Villarreal, Deputy Executive Director, Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA)
Lily Rocha, Midwest Regional Director, Young Invincibles
Amantha Hons, Project Manager, RCCO; Council Member, Young Invincibles Texas Youth Apprenticeship Council
Jackie McGurn, Tradeswoman with Local 327 in Boston; Elected Chair of the Boston Sisters in the Brotherhood Carpenter’s Women’s Committee

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A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry
2021-11-17 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Webinar
Event Recap

More women than ever work in the trades, including women apprentices from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Yet, while numbers are growing, women still are fewer than one in twenty of construction workers.
Please join us for a webinar to mark the release of IWPR’s new report on what helps and hinders women’s success in the trades. The report is based on the IWPR 2021 Tradeswomen’s Retention and Advancement Survey, which was answered by over 2,600 tradeswomen, including close to 600 apprentices. Participants will hear directly from tradeswomen about the role of the broader tradeswomen community and women-focused training programs in supporting the next generation of women working in the trades. Federal and state program administrators will also join to discuss policies that help create respectful, discrimination-free workplaces and ensure that women get fair access to publicly funded construction jobs.
Speakers:
• Bryce Covert, Independent Journalist and contributing writer at The Nation (Moderator)
• Janelle DeJan, IBEW 130, NOTEP Electrical Instructor; Founder of NOLA Skilled Women in the Trades and Manufacturing
• Ariane Hegewisch, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
• Michele Hodge, Deputy Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
• Denise Johnson, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, ANEW Seattle, Rise Up program
• Hieu Nguyen, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, Co-Chair of the Boston Sisters in the Brotherhood
• Sebrina Owens-Wilson, Regional Impact Program Manager, Portland, OR Metro
• Thia Tomasich, Fourth Year Apprentice, Ironworkers Local 10 (Kansas City)

Childcare Strategies That Work for Tradeswomen
2021-09-28 18:30 - 20:15 (America/Halifax)
Organizers: IWPR and National Taskforce on Tradeswomen’s Issues
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Description:
This workshop will discuss successful childcare strategies for mothers in the trades, as well as research by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research on tradeswomen’s childcare needs and the importance of caregiving supports for advancement and retention in the trades.
Strategies include:

The Moore Community House Women in Construction program in Mississippi, a unique combination of construction/manufacturing job training for women and child care assistance
Boston area “Care That Works” formed by a coalition of grassroots community groups and labor unions to offer a non-standard-hour child care pilot
Oregon’s child care assistance fund for apprentices paid for from Federal Highway and local workforce board dollars.

Speakers:

Carol Burnett, Executive Director, Moore Community House, Mississippi
Ariane Hegewisch, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, DC
Latisa Kindred, Union Electrician and Electricity Teacher, Simeon Career Academy Department of Career and Technical Education
Allie Perez, Chair of the Tradeswomen Taskforce Communications Committee and VP of Marketing and Operations, George Plumbing Co., Inc.
Liz Skidmore, Business Representative / Organizer, North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
Jackie Whitt, LCSA Childcare Programs Lead, Labor’s Community Service Agency, Oregon

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Black Women's Equal Pay: Waiting Another Century is Not an Option
2021-07-29 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Webinar
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The COVID-19 pandemic and related recession has both highlighted the persistent racial and gendered economic inequalities that Black women face in the labor market and exacerbated them. Black women were over-represented in many low-paying jobs recognized as “essential” during the pandemic, but dismissed as “low-skilled” before. Despite this recognition, these jobs continue to be undervalued with low wages and few benefits, and if pay trends continue, it will take Black women more than another hundred years—until 2133—to reach pay equity with White men.
Join the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Equal Pay Today for a discussion of recent research on the pay gap for Black women, the causes and consequences of racial and gender pay disparities, and policy strategies for pay equity. Waiting another century is not an option.
Register for the webinar: bit.ly/BWEPD2021
Speakers Include:

Chandra Childers, Ph.D., Study Director at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Pamelya Herndon, NM State Representative, President/CEO of KWH Law Center for Social Justice & Change

Josie Kalipeni,Deputy Director of Family Values at Work

Rochelle Ramsey-Walker,Field Organizer at the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades

Cassandra Welchlin, Co-Founder and Director of Mississippi Women’s Economic Security Initiative

Shannon Williams,Director of Equal Pay Today, a project of Equal Rights Advocates

The Costs of Reproductive Health Restrictions: An Economic Case
2021-05-19 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Webinar
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Join the Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health (CERH) at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) for a virtual panel on The Costs of Reproductive Health Restrictions: An Economic Case for Ending Harmful State Policies, on May 19, 2021, at noon EST.
States continue to pass increasingly extreme restrictions to abortion access at an accelerated rate. In the last week of April 2021 alone, 28 state abortion restrictions were enacted. This panel will launch IWPR’s new digital tool to monetize the economic costs of these restrictive abortion policies at the state level. The tool will provide state-level advocates new ways to evaluate reproductive health policies and engage allies on this critical issue.
This project was proudly supported by the Tara Health Foundation.
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Panelists:

Moderated by Janet Burns, Independent Journalist (Forbes, Gizmodo, PROTEST_NYC); author of The Endless Costs of Maligning Abortion
Dar’shun Kendrick, Georgia State Representative to House District 93
Jim Doyle, President, Business Forward
Diana Greene Foster, PhD, Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Director of Research, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); author of The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, A Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having – or Being Denied – an Abortion
C. Nicole Mason, PhD, President and CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Following the launch panel, we will host a short series of conversations starting at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the critical moment we are in: an opportunity to shape the post-COVID “she-cession” recovery and demand action at the intersections of gender and racial equity and reproductive and economic justice.
These conversations will focus on how we might build stronger movements and communities of practice committed to women’s long-term economic security and well-being; produce relevant and timely research to fuel change at the local, state, and federal levels; and identify strategies to support women’s full reproductive autonomy and agency.

1:30-2:00 p.m.
Moderated Conversation between Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund; Christine Clark, Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; and Nicole Mason, PhD, President and CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

2:00-3:00 p.m.
Panel – It’s Our Movement(s): Working at the Intersections of Reproductive and Economic Justice to improve women’s reproductive health, freedom and autonomy.
Panelists:

Moderated by Galina Espinoza, President and Editor in Chief, Rewire News Group
Herminia Palacio, President and CEO, Guttmacher Institute
Shannan Reaze, Executive Director, Atlanta Jobs with Justice
Ann Marie Benitez, Senior Director of Government Relations, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
Marcela Howell, Founder and President, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda

Please tune in as we mark the launch of IWPR’s new digital tool and amplify the cross-sector efforts to ensure access to reproductive health services and protect women’s economic security and well-being.

Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment
2021-03-25 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | Webinar
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Diversity is key for the future of the construction trades. While the numbers of Black and Latina women in trades apprenticeships have been increasing rapidly, still fewer than one-in-twenty five apprentices are women. A new report lifts up the voices of Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina early career tradeswomen on what helps and hinders their success in the trades. Join IWPR and Chicago Women in the Trades for this webinar to learn about the new report, hear from Black and Latina tradeswomen about their experiences, and from construction trades leaders and organizers on what they are doing to tackle racism, harassment, and discrimination to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all in the trades.,
Register for the webinar: http://bit.ly/CWIT_IWPR
Speakers include:

Christina Barillas, Plumbers Women’s Committee and Latina Labor Coalition
Lilly Calderon, Bricklayers Union
Chandra Childers, PhD, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Zahrah Hill, Plumbers Local 130
Lark Jackson (Moderator), Chicago Women in the Trades
Kina McAfee, Assistant Coordinator of Carpenters Training Program
Angela McDaniel (Moderator), U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship
Ken Rigmaiden, General President, IUPAT
Rochelle Walker, Tradeswoman, IUPAT
Wendy Webb, Apprentice Field Coordinator, LIUNA Local 79

Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post-COVID-19: Opportunities in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs
2021-01-26 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Webinar
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The pandemic and recession have exacerbated social and economic disparities in New Orleans and resulted in 57,000 job losses, particularly in low-wage sectors that predominantly employ Black and Latina women. Some of these jobs may not return. A just economic recovery that includes women and communities of color will necessitate supporting their entry into growing fields. The economic recovery in New Orleans is expected to be swifter in sectors such as construction, manufacturing, and at the Port of New Orleans, with higher growth expected in skilled trade and technical jobs that are often well-paying and do not require a 4-year college degree.
Please join us on January 26 at 12:00 pm EST / for a webinar to release IWPR’s briefing paper “Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post-COVID-19: Opportunities in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs.” Discuss with New Orleans stakeholders and experts how improving women’s share of skilled trade and technical jobs can help tackle gender and racial inequities in New Orleans, and what may be done to improve women’s, particularly Black and Latina women’s, access and retention in these growing sectors.

Moving the Needle: Where (and How!) Single Moms Are Thriving
2020-11-24 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
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Join the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Roadtrip Nation next week for an event exploring opportunities to move the needle for single mothers’ success.
Building off of IWPR’s groundbreaking research on the economic returns to single mothers’ college attainment, this event is taking place during a weeklong celebration of Roadtrip Nation’s release of “A Single Mom’s Story,” a documentary that follows the stories of Gabby, Kiera, and Maliaq, three single mothers who overcome barriers in education to find fulfilling careers, produced with the support of ECMC Foundation. IWPR’s impressive lineup of speakers will highlight how institutions, states, and national policymakers can take action to promote equity and success for single mother college students.
Speakers

(Moderator) Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Dr. Daria Willis, President, Everett Community College
Cathe Dykstra, Chief Possibility Officer, President, and CEO, Family Scholar House
Dr. Theresa DeGruy, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Executive Dean and Single Moms Success Design Challenge project lead, Delgado Community College

Intersectionality in Public Design and Practice
2020-10-07 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Webinar
Dr. Nicole Mason spoke about “Intersectionality in Public Policy Design and Practice” at the LSE School of Public Policy Womxn’s Network, a student-led organisation that encourages the inclusion of those marginalised due to gender or sexuality in future policy-making through various events and forums.

When There are Nine: Women Judges from Around the World Remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2020-10-01 09:30 - 11:30 UTC | Webinar
“If U.S. experience and decisions may be instructive to systems that have more recently instituted or invigorated judicial review for constitutionality, so too can we learn from others now engaged in measuring ordinary laws and executive actions against fundamental instruments of government and charters securing basic rights.” —Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Throughout her long career Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired and engaged with jurists, lawyers, scholars, and students worldwide. A committed comparativist, she was always eager to learn from the experiences of other nations, “as a matter of comity and in a spirit of humility.” Her personal story and unwavering commitment to gender equality served as a call for women to enter the legal profession and demand their place in the judiciary in every corner of the world.
Please join us for a conversation with the Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE (Former President, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom); Hon. Justice Hannah Okwengu (Court of Appeal of Kenya), Hon. Judge Alexandra Prechal (Court of Justice for the European Union) and Hon. Judge Flavia Viana (Court of Justice of the State of Paraná, Brazil) as we reflect upon the indelible mark Justice Ginsburg leaves at home and abroad.
Organized by the Women and the Law Program of American University Washington College of Law, the International Association of Women Judges, and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in the framework of the THE STATE OF WOMEN: Erasmus+ Network funded by the European Union.
Co-sponsored by the Washington College of Law’s International and Comparative Legal Studies Program, Center on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

Austin Community Foundation Women's Fund Child Care Panel
2020-08-14 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Webinar

Status of Women in NC Political Participation Report Launch Event
2020-08-11 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Webinar
Join the NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement, the NC Department of Administration, and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research for the launch of the 2020 Status of Women in NC Report – Political Participation. This event is free and open to the public!
While women in North Carolina have been voting at slightly higher rates in recent years, their representation in elected office has declined.
Join us to hear about successes and obstacles to women’s political participation in North Carolina from women statewide and local elected officials, and researchers from IWPR.

Work Supports and Health: The Earned Income Tax Credit
2020-06-25 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Webinar
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The COVID-19 global pandemic is having a substantial impact on the economy; most experts agree that the United States, among other countries, is headed for a major recession. Sound job creation and employment maintenance efforts will be critical to improving public health and restoring the economy in the coming months and years. In this webinar, experts discuss the impact of the earned income tax credit on improving health outcomes.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the University of California-Berkeley’s Work-Family Supports and Health Research Hub presents Work Supports and Health: Work Scheduling
Speakers
Moderator:

Dr. Heidi Hartmann, President Emerita and Senior Research Economist, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Panelists:

Dr. Rita Hamad, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UC San Francisco
John Iselin, UC Berkeley
Adam Ruben, Campaign Director, Economic Security Project
Otis Rolley, Senior Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation

Who gives care during the Covid-19 pandemic?
2020-05-27 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Webinar
People around the world are feeling the pressures of caring for children and other loved ones without paid care services and the support of extended family and social networks. Due to decades of disinvestment and discriminatory policies, many families’ care and support needs were unmet before the pandemic. The loss of normal care structures has pushed many already-marginalized families to the brink.
This is a dynamic conversation with caregivers, experts, and activists who are leading the way to a more gender-just economy that supports all people in meeting their care responsibilities.
Moderator:

Kimberly Pfeifer, Research Director, Oxfam America

Panelists:

C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Joi Owens, Senior Gulf Coast Policy Officer, Oxfam America
Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Director of Child Care and Early Education, Center for Law and Social Policy
Sherry Leiwant, Co-Founder and Co-President, A Better Balance

A more gender-just economy that supports all people in meeting their care responsibilities—while supporting themselves—is possible, but it will take concerted effort and bold policy action to build an economic system that offers opportunity and care for all people. Under these difficult conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to recognize, honor, and support the value of unpaid and underpaid care and domestic work becomes increasingly urgent.

Supporting Student Parent Families in a Time of Crisis
2020-05-18 14:30 - 15:30 UTC | Webinar
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Ascend at the Aspen Institute, and Imaginable Futures invite you to join a webinar highlighting the importance of understanding and prioritizing the needs of college students with children during the ongoing pandemic and in the following period of recovery. Student parents face heightened financial insecurity that makes them particularly vulnerable to the current economic downturn and unprecedented spike in unemployment. As colleges, service providers, policymakers, and advocates prepare relief and recovery measures, the unique needs of students with children must be considered to ensure they are supported now and in the coming months and years, as student parent enrollment in higher education is likely to increase in response to the economic recession.
Hearing from a series of speakers who serve student parents, as well as a student parent currently navigating the effects of the pandemic, participants will gain insight into the factors they must consider to adequately support student parents and their children now and in the coming months. The webinar will also provide time for participants to ask questions of the speakers and each other, creating a space for sharing innovations and lessons for supporting student parents in crisis.
Speakers

Anne Mosle, Executive Director of Ascend, Vice President of Aspen Institute
C. Nicole Mason, Ascend Fellow and President & CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Jesus Benitez, Ascend Parent Advisor & Mentor Coordinator, CUNY Fatherhood Academy
Mark Mitsui, President, Portland Community College
Nicole Lynn Lewis, Founder & CEO, Generation Hope

Hosts:

Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Ascend at the Aspen Institute
Imaginable Futures

Work Supports for Health: Work Scheduling
2020-05-14 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Webinar
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The COVID-19 global pandemic is having a substantial impact on the economy; most experts agree that the United States, among other countries, is headed for a major recession. Sound job creation and employment maintenance efforts will be critical to improving public health and restoring the economy in the coming months and years. In this webinar, experts discuss the importance of flexible work scheduling in improving health outcomes.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the University of California-Berkeley’s Work-Family Supports and Health Research Hub presents Work Supports and Health: Work Scheduling
Speakers
Moderator:

Dr. Heidi Hartmann, President Emerita and Senior Research Economist, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Panelists:

Dr. Kristin Harknett, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Lonnie Golden, Professor of Economics, Penn State University
Brigid Schulte, Director, The Better Life Lab at New America
Rachel Lyons, Deputy Legislative Director, United Food & Commercial Workers

Work Supports for Health: The Minimum Wage
2020-04-23 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Webinar
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The COVID-19 global pandemic is having a substantial impact on the economy; most experts agree that the United States, among other countries, is headed for a major recession. Sound job creation and employment maintenance efforts will be critical to improving public health and restoring the economy in the coming months and years. In this webinar, experts discuss the importance of a minimum wage in improving health outcomes.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the University of California-Berkeley’s Work-Family Supports and Health Research Hub presents Work Supports and Health: The Minimum Wage.
Speakers:
Moderator:

Dr. Heidi Hartmann, President Emerita and Senior Research Economist, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Panelists:

Dr. Lindsey Bullinger, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
Dr. Anna Godoey, labor economist and research economist at the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics (CWED) at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley
Paul Sonn, State Policy Program Director & Director, National Employment Law Project
