By Danielle Paquette Economist Heidi Hartmann, founder of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, said that’s one reason U.S. women have fallen behind their counterparts across the world. European and Asian nations generally offer more paid leave and subsidized child care. “The extent to which [...]

By Stephanie Ebbert Trump launched a “Women Who Work” web page and campaign in 2014, linking online sales of her dresses and accessories with a brand celebrating working women. In addition to dresses and style tips, the site offers inspirational interviews and aspirational videos of [...]

By Paul Fain In addition, career and technical training has a severe gender imbalance. Most of the decent-paying vocational jobs go to men, who dominate middle-skill (less than a four-year degree required) fields such as information technology, welding and advanced manufacturing. Women, however, are overrepresented [...]

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 [...]