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Retail apocalypse: Women disproportionately impacted by job cuts, report says

By Thomas Barrabi Women have disproportionately felt the effects of the ongoing “retail apocalypse,” as traditional brick-and-mortar retailers cut jobs and close stores amid sagging sales. Retailers cut roughly 129,000 net jobs belonging to women from November 2016 to November 2017, the Institute for Women’s [...]

December 18, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

‘Retail Apocalypse’ Due Entirely to Women’s Job Losses

While women have seen sharp losses in retail jobs over the last year, men have gained in the industry Contact: Nic Martinez | 202-785-5100 | martinez@iwpr.org Washington, DC—The staggering job losses in retail trade over the last year have been felt entirely by women, according to [...]

December 18, 2017|Categories: Press Releases|

This is how many working women face gender discrimination (hint: quite a lot)

By Quentin Fottrell One profession is lagging when it comes to women’s pay, but it’s not tech. Female personal financial advisers make little more than half (56.4%) of men in the same job, compared with 83% overall, according to a recent analysis by the Institute [...]

December 16, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Sexual harassment is just the tip of the iceberg for women in the workplace

By Quentin Fottrell One profession is lagging when it comes to women’s pay, but it’s not tech. Female personal financial advisers make little more than half (56.4%) of men in the same job, compared with 83% overall, according to a recent analysis by the Institute for Women’s [...]

December 15, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|