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Universities Cut Services for a Big Group of their Students: Those Over 25
Universities Cut Services for a Big Group of their Students: Those Over 25

Universities Cut Services for a Big Group of their Students: Those Over 25

By Matt Krupnick Forty percent of U.S. university and college undergraduate and graduate students are, like Nalesnik, 25 and older, according to U.S. Education Department data . Even among undergraduates alone, the figure is higher than 30 percent . The number who are parents — [...]

December 1, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Male Inventors are Three Times More Likely to Apply for Patents than Women
Male Inventors are Three Times More Likely to Apply for Patents than Women

Male Inventors are Three Times More Likely to Apply for Patents than Women

A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that, between 2000 and 2016, the number of patent applications with a man listed as the primary inventor was more than triple the number of applications with a woman listed first, but applications filed by women and men primary inventors were accepted at similar rates (67 and 73 percent, respectively).

December 1, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

Column: The economy undervalues ‘women’s work,’ and that needs to change
Column: The economy undervalues ‘women’s work,’ and that needs to change

Column: The economy undervalues ‘women’s work,’ and that needs to change

By Mary Babic and Barbara Gault The recent campaign trained a spotlight on the economic anxiety that plagues millions of workers who have seen their wages steadily erode. The surprising reality is that the majority of these workers are women, who endure low wages, scant [...]

November 30, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Why 25% of the Working Women in America are Struggling Financially
Why 25% of the Working Women in America are Struggling Financially

Why 25% of the Working Women in America are Struggling Financially

More than one-quarter of all employed working women are in one of 22 jobs that are growing fast, pay less than $15 an hour and are female-dominated, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), a Washington, D.C.-based think [...]

November 30, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Column: The Economy Undervalues ‘Women’s Work,’ and That Needs to Change
Column: The Economy Undervalues ‘Women’s Work,’ and That Needs to Change

Column: The Economy Undervalues ‘Women’s Work,’ and That Needs to Change

By Mary Babic and Barbara Gault A recent study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Oxfam America explores this gender divide and identifies a subset of low-wage women’s jobs. The jobs meet four criteria: most workers are women; the median wage is under [...]

November 30, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Job Segregation Keeps 1 in 4 Working Women in Traditional Care, Serving, and Cleaning Roles with Lowest Pay
Job Segregation Keeps 1 in 4 Working Women in Traditional Care, Serving, and Cleaning Roles with Lowest Pay

Job Segregation Keeps 1 in 4 Working Women in Traditional Care, Serving, and Cleaning Roles with Lowest Pay

A new study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and Oxfam America finds that more than one in four employed women in the United States are concentrated in low-wage “women’s work”—such as teaching young children, cleaning, serving, and caring for elders—jobs that are done primarily by women, pay less than $15 per hour, and provide few benefits. Workers in these female-dominated jobs, who are disproportionately women of color, earn less than men working in jobs with similar requirements for education, skills, stamina, and hours.

November 30, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

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Universities Cut Services for a Big Group of their Students: Those Over 25

Male Inventors are Three Times More Likely to Apply for Patents than Women

Column: The economy undervalues ‘women’s work,’ and that needs to change

Why 25% of the Working Women in America are Struggling Financially

Column: The Economy Undervalues ‘Women’s Work,’ and That Needs to Change

Job Segregation Keeps 1 in 4 Working Women in Traditional Care, Serving, and Cleaning Roles with Lowest Pay

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