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Economic Security for Survivors Project and BEST Index Transitions to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research

On June 1, the Economic Security for Survivors Project (ESS Project), founded by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), transitioned to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), as WOW winds down its operations. The ESS project seeks to build, protect, and restore the economic security of survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking so that they may be safe and free of abuse.

June 3, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

IWPR Announces New Board Members and Election of Officers

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its board of directors, Katherine M. Kimpel, Esmeralda O. Lyn, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Shuler.

June 2, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

10 Best Cities for Working Mothers
10 Best Cities for Working Mothers

10 Best Cities for Working Mothers

By Susan Adams If you start sorting for types of jobs, education and level of experience, you find a different story. Although all of this is in flux, women tend to go into lower-paying fields like receptionists, nurses and teachers while men gravitate to jobs [...]

May 16, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Mothers in College Have Declining Access to On-Campus Child Care
Mothers in College Have Declining Access to On-Campus Child Care

Mothers in College Have Declining Access to On-Campus Child Care

As Mother’s Day approaches, the 3.4 million mothers in college are performing a complicated balancing act. According to new IWPR analysis, availability of on-campus child care continued to decline in 2014, with just half of public four-year institutions providing on-campus child care services, down from a high of 55 percent in 2003-05.

May 6, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

The Man Card: An American Tradition Of Presidents Using Their Gender To Get Ahead
The Man Card: An American Tradition Of Presidents Using Their Gender To Get Ahead

The Man Card: An American Tradition Of Presidents Using Their Gender To Get Ahead

By Amanda Terkel GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump previewed his general election attacks against Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night, accusing the Democratic hopeful of playing up her gender in order to win. Although Trump thinks Clinton owes her success to her gender, perhaps a better [...]

April 29, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

The Verizon Strike

The Institute of Women's Policy Research's Research Associate, Julie Anderson , spoke on WBAI's Building Bridges radio show about pay discrimination and women in unions in regards to the CWA Verizon strike. "Women are almost half of the workforce. They are equal, if not the [...]

April 21, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

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