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Single Moms in College Spend 9 Hours a Day on Care, and Work More, Sleep Less than Other Students

New analysis finds that single mothers face massive time challenges to college success, and campus child care may triple graduation rates FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2018 Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC— Single mothers in college full-time spend the equivalent of a [...]

May 10, 2018|Categories: Press Releases|

Median CEO pay reaches $12.1 million—here’s how much the 5 highest-paid leaders earn

By Kathleen Elkins Among companies in general, not just those in the S&P 500, the CEO wage gap actually favors men. The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) found that, for full-time chief executives, women's earnings were 79.5 percent of men's. Women CEOs' median weekly earnings were [...]

May 9, 2018|Categories: Press Hits|

Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Struggles Often Go Unheard — But You Can Help Include Them

By ROBYN POWELL Poverty is even more prevalent in the disability community. Nearly 27 percent of people with disabilities live below the federal poverty level, reports the U.S. Census Bureau. Notably, providing equal pay to women would cut the poverty rate for women in half, says the Institute [...]

April 11, 2018|Categories: Press Hits|

In a field of terrible judicial nominees, Wendy Vitter is exceptionally unfit

BY DANA SINGISER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR If Vitter is confirmed, she would be serving in a state where reproductive health and rights are under constant attack from politicians. Louisiana ranks 46th for reproductive rights and 49th for women’s health and well-being, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy [...]

April 11, 2018|Categories: Press Hits|