By Casey Cipriani As the Institute for Women's Policy Research points out, a 2015 study shows that black women are two and a half times more likely to be murdered by men than white women, yet there's often much less coverage of black women's cases than those [...]

By Dr. Karin Lachmi I wish I could report here that the world of science is different, and that this industry, which is full of highly-educated individuals, is more moral and has better values. When it comes to women’s rights, though, the situation isn’t any [...]

By Yola Robert Your career shouldn’t feel like your first college internship. It is unacceptable to be worked to the bone without proper compensation. It can be challenging when you are new to the job and you want to ‘impress’ upper management. You may think [...]

By Lauren Collins The gender pay gap is often justified by the argument that women go into lower-status, less competitive fields. But research has shown that when women saturate a well-compensated field the pay declines, and vice versa. The wages of ticket agents, for example, [...]

By Carolyn De Lorenzo It’s no secret that the gender pay gap is stubbornly persistent on a global scale. According to the Institute For Women’s Policy Research, the gender pay gap in weekly earnings for full time U.S. workers was pretty static between 2016 and 2017, and [...]

By Gaby Galvin Those services are more difficult to obtain in some states: The Institute for Women's Policy Research, for instance, gives Indiana a D+ for reproductive rights – a grade that takes into account the accessibility of abortion services, among other factors – and [...]