By Jillian Berman Most people who know Mary White wonder when she has time to sleep. It’s a fair question given her schedule. The 28-year-old spends her Mondays and Tuesdays in class or studying for [...]

By Cait Munro Next time you find yourself grumbling about your salary, consider the fact that the average for a 35-year-old woman in New York is $47,047. Not bad, especially if you’re making it somewhere [...]

By Lindsay Ellis "New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that the challenges Robinson faces aren’t unique. A briefing paper released last week shows that the number of single mothers enrolled in college more [...]

By Alison Bowen In contrast, nearly every member of the European Union provides at least 14 weeks of paid maternity leave, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and 84 countries offer some paid leave to fathers. [...]

By Christina Cauterucci It seems like a no-brainer—if a single mother wants to improve her income and career prospects in the long term, she should enroll in college. More single mothers are going to college than [...]

By Alessandra Malito But 2059 is a generous prediction compared with some other analyses on the gender wage gap. Washington, D.C.-based think tank Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates it will take 65 years (so [...]