By Quentin Fottrell Jeff Hayes, program director of job quality and income security at the Institute of Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C., said that 12 weeks paid family leave is the goal. “There are millions of women who get zero, so six weeks is [...]

By Jillian Berman “Even though there are more women attending college than men — and graduating college — because of the fields that they’re going into, they end up earning less than comparably educated men when they graduate,” said Barbara Gault, the executive director of [...]

By Alaa Milbes American cities continue to spend billions each year to buy major equipment, such as buses and railcars for public transportation systems. This spending has the potential to support tens of thousands of good manufacturing jobs. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, there [...]

By Kelly Field As more students with young children enroll, colleges find ways to help them succeed. Read more>>

Occupational segregation by gender contributes to a stubborn wage gap. It has kept women making less than men, per dollar, and still limits their access to well-paid jobs that don’t necessarily require higher education. According to Closing the Skills Gap: On-Ramp Occupations to Middle-Skilled Jobs [...]

By Laura Colby Pay audits often reveal broader issues in the workplace, such as the lack of women in a particular job category. "Pay equity is a great tip-of-the-spear analysis, because it can open up a broader range of areas that need to be addressed," [...]