The Lily By Ingrid Cruz Oct. 21 marks another annual observation of Latina Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into the year Latinas, on average, needed to work to make up what White men made in the previous year. In other words, Latinas had [...]
Watch the Recorded Event By Danesha Price Washingtonian On Thursday, October 14, Washingtonian brought together experts to discuss the future of working women. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many women lost their jobs or were forced to leave their careers to care for not only [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 2021 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | (202) 684-7534 The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) Applauds White House Gender Policy Council’s Release of Historic, Bold New National Strategy to Advance Gender Equity in the U.S. Washington, D.C. — IWPR [...]
BNN Bloomberg By Molly Smith and Jill Shah (Bloomberg) -- School may be in session, but the dearth of child care is still proving to be a major hurdle to women reentering the U.S. labor market. The number of women on payrolls last month fell [...]
Bloomberg Politics + Equality By Greg Stohr A woman seeking to end a pregnancy in Kentucky after 14 weeks has one choice: She enters a brick building on the edge of downtown Louisville after running a gantlet of abortion opponents determined to change her mind. Patients [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2021 Contact: William Lutz | lutz@iwpr.org | Jobs Report Shows First Decline in Payroll Employment for Women Since December 2020 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) continues to show that America’s women face enormous challenges returning [...]