Press Hits - IWPR 2020

May 9, 2020 by Alisha Haridasani Gupta

Why Some Women Call This Recession a ‘Shecession’

A majority of the jobs lost in April were held by women, a sharp reversal of gains in the labor market.

May 9, 2020 by C. Nicole Mason

The system was never designed for working moms

We understand the system is broken and that it’s not our fault. It was never made for us. It was made for working men.

Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds
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Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds

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Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds

Working parents are feeling the sting of the coronavirus pandemic — and it's hitting women especially hard.

September 17, 2020|Tags: CNBC, COVID 19, Recession, Unemployment|

OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it
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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

Black students with children hold more student loan debt than any other group. But there are steps we can take to reduce the crippling financial burden by Nicole Lynn Lewis When I graduated with a bachelor’s [...]

September 16, 2020|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Black Women, Student Loans and Debt, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI, The Hechinger Report|

Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start
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Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start

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Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) has released a guide detailing how to forge much-needed collaborations with Head Start.

September 14, 2020|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Head Start, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI|

The system was never designed for working moms
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The system was never designed for working moms

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The system was never designed for working moms

We understand the system is broken and that it’s not our fault. It was never made for us. It was made for working men.

September 11, 2020|Tags: The Lily, Working Mothers|

There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.
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There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.

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There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.

When our employers force us to keep our salaries secret, they make life worse for everyone.

September 9, 2020|Tags: Equal Pay / Pay Equity, Pay Gap, Pay Secrecy, Press EPD, The Washington Post|

Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain
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Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain

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Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain

IWPR President and CEO C. Nicole Mason addresses women and the child care crisis during an interview with CNN’s First Move with Julia Chatterley.

September 1, 2020|Tags: Child Care, CNN, COVID 19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

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