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D.C.'s Women Are Among Most Diverse Nationwide

By Andrew Giambrone Women in the nation's capital represent one of the most diverse groups in the entire country, according  to a new analysis by a D.C.-based nonprofit. The Institute for Women's Policy Research examined U.S. Census Bureau data captured from 2010 to 2014, aiming [...]

October 26, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

In one elite industry, the pay gap for women is more than double the national average

By Catherine Clifford The compensation gap between female and male partners at law firms in the U.S. is 44 percent. That's according to the most recent compensation survey of big law firm partners by the legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa , which came out [...]

October 21, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

We Want Men to Be ‘Geniuses’ and Women to Be ‘Nurturers’ Says Study

By Valentina Zarya This could help to explain why  female engineers are often relegated to doing managerial and secretarial tasks while their male peers do the “real” engineering work (and get the credit for it). The results of this bias may be a factor in the [...]

October 21, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Pacific West Region Has the Most Broadly Diverse Population of Women in the United States

New analysis of regional demographics from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that more than two in five adult women of color in the United States—about 17.5 million—reside in the South, but concentrations of women of different racial and ethnic groups vary widely by region. The states with the largest concentration of Hispanic women, for instance, are primarily located in the Pacific and Mountain West regions, while the states with the largest concentration of Black women are in the South.

October 20, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|