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‘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|

Woman finishes college finals from hospital bed while in labor

By Mandy Valez Thomas did not expect the tweet to go viral, but so far, it has gotten over 93,000 likes and 18,000 retweets. Clearly it hit a nerve: According to a 2014 study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 26 percent of all college [...]

December 14, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

The gender pay gap doesn’t close – even at the very, very top

by Julia Carpenter The highest paid man made nearly $244 million, according to an analysis by Equilar, an executive and board data provider. The top-paid woman? She made less than $41 million. The wage gap between men and women, which runs throughout the business world, is [...]

December 13, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|

Counterpoint: The Legislature was wrong to weaken tenure

By Denise Specht Part of the advantage is financial. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C., reports that women in labor unions are better paid and more likely to have health insurance and pensions than women who negotiate their own compensation. People in [...]

December 11, 2017|Categories: Press Hits|