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From Tourism to Tool Belts: Post-COVID Opportunities for Women in New Orleans
From Tourism to Tool Belts: Post-COVID Opportunities for Women in New Orleans

From Tourism to Tool Belts: Post-COVID Opportunities for Women in New Orleans

By The IBEW Media Center “If someone doesn’t know what they want to do in life, they should join the IBEW or any other apprenticeship,” said New Orleans Local 130 apprentice Grace Kluesner in a [...]

June 2, 2021|Tags: Construction and the Trades, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, New Orleans, Women in Construction, Women in the Trades|

Prioritizing Student Parent Success: A Conversation with Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Prioritizing Student Parent Success: A Conversation with Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Prioritizing Student Parent Success: A Conversation with Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

By Sandra J. Doran Nearly a quarter (22%) of today's undergraduates or 3.8 million students are parents, with student mothers making up 70% of that number. At Bay Path, approximately 20 percent of our undergraduate [...]

June 1, 2021|Tags: Bay Path University Blogs, Child Care, College, Paid Leave, Student Parents, Working Parents|

Relaxing Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights is Positive for Economy, Study Shows
Relaxing Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights is Positive for Economy, Study Shows

Relaxing Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights is Positive for Economy, Study Shows

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research has released new research showing that policies restricting access to comprehensive reproductive health care are costly to women and states’ economies. Nevertheless, more than 500 bills restricting or banning [...]

June 1, 2021|Tags: Abortion Restrictions, Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health, Costs of Reproductive Health Restrictions, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, State Broadcast News|

Report Highlights Economic Impact of Reproductive Rights
Report Highlights Economic Impact of Reproductive Rights

Report Highlights Economic Impact of Reproductive Rights

By Andrea Sears NEW YORK -- An online tool from the Institute for Women's Policy Research makes the case that ending reproductive health restrictions is good for women and good for business. More than 500 [...]

June 1, 2021|Tags: Abortion Restrictions, Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health, Public News Service, Reproductive Health Restrictions, Reproductive Rights|

Women Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic May Wait Years to Work Again
Women Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic May Wait Years to Work Again

Women Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic May Wait Years to Work Again

By Francesca Chambers Women who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic could be waiting until 2023 to work again, experts warn, even if economic initiatives President Joe Biden has proposed become law. It could [...]

May 28, 2021|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Detroit News, Paid Leave, Recession, she-cession, Unemployment|

Economic Recovery Could Take Years for Women Who Lost Jobs During Pandemic — Even with Biden’s Plans
Economic Recovery Could Take Years for Women Who Lost Jobs During Pandemic — Even with Biden’s Plans

Economic Recovery Could Take Years for Women Who Lost Jobs During Pandemic — Even with Biden’s Plans

By Francesca Chambers Women who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic could be waiting until 2023 to work again, experts warn, even if economic initiatives President Joe Biden has proposed become law. It could [...]

May 27, 2021|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Economic Recovery, Infrastructure BIll, Jobs, McClatchy DC, Recession, Unemployment|

From Tourism to Tool Belts: Post-COVID Opportunities for Women in New Orleans

Prioritizing Student Parent Success: A Conversation with Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Relaxing Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights is Positive for Economy, Study Shows

Report Highlights Economic Impact of Reproductive Rights

Women Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic May Wait Years to Work Again

Economic Recovery Could Take Years for Women Who Lost Jobs During Pandemic — Even with Biden’s Plans

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