By Eric Morath Ariane Hegewisch, program director of employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, said the Chicago study highlights that working mothers do not have enough support. “We know that someone [...]

By Connie Loizos The development will undoubtedly be welcome news to women, and particular women of color, who are among a fast-growing percentage of entrepreneurs in the country, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, [...]

By Eoin O'Carroll Christian Science Monitor Professor Fouad, who spent three years surveying women with engineering degrees about their career choices, cites inflexible schedules, a lack of opportunities for advancement, and incivility toward women. “It’s not [...]

By Eoin O'Carroll Other barriers women face are an absence of supportive social networks and implicit bias on the part of venture capitalists. “They tend to ask women more difficult questions to try and put [...]

By Ursula Mead Finally, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, closing the gender pay would have added more than $512 billion in wage and salary income to the U.S. economy in 2016 alone, or [...]

By Emily Peck Women in unions who work full time earn 30 percent more than women who are not, according to data compiled by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Hispanic women see the biggest [...]