By Tiffany Pennamon A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) this week adds to the institute’s ongoing research on the “life-changing” impact of earning a postsecondary degree for single mothers. IWPR’s findings show that, in 2016 – the year with the latest available [...]

By Elisabeth Buchwald Women who try to launch their own businesses are at a significant disadvantage compared to men, according to a report published this month by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The report found: Men are twice as likely to receive over $1 million in [...]

By Jillian Berman The push is part of a broader movement to both improve the quality of education for students and raise the profile of educators in the field, said Barbara Gault, the executive director of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington, D.C. [...]

By Julie Gorte The Institute for Women’s Policy Research noted that the pay gap did not improve between 2016 and 2017; in fact, it got slightly worse. >>Read more

By Mehr Nadeem “The data show that people of color are particularly unlikely to hold intellectual property,” the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington think tank, said in a report released on Tuesday. Overall, less than 19 percent of patents issued by the U.S. Patent [...]

By USA TODAY Network Jessica Milli, who has studied the gig economy for the non-profit Institute for Women’s Policy Research, says it’s often the flexibility aspect that draws women to these jobs. They are “frustrated with the formal labor market because they don’t have the flexibility [...]