The new regulations likely won't faze businesses that already offer sick time or paid-time off benefits for employees. But the Institute for Women's Policy Research, which relied on U.S. census data, estimates that about 300,000 [...]

According to a 2017 study conducted by the Institute For Women’s Policy Research, Black women make just 60 percent of white men’s salaries while Latinx women make 53 percent. These percentages have dropped from the previous year. [...]

According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research occupational segregation — when some occupations are dominated by men or women — prevents "people from moving into occupations where they could perform well and that would satisfy them [...]

The poverty rate for working women would be cut in half, says a report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research. This is significant because women currently make up 70% of Medicaid recipients and 80% of [...]

Under stern social rules, women are constantly criticized for not presenting as “proper,” formal, or gentle enough. We are pigeonholed into traditional household, “caretaker” roles, or seen as rude and mean when we disapprove of [...]

The report was conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and is one of a series of four focusing on women’s issues in the state. Last year’s report on Earnings and Employment found that [...]