Three of the new companies landing on this year’s list are newcomers to the Fortune 500, and three previously had a female board member who has since retired, transferred, or left the company. “One can certainly understand there could be extenuating circumstances for some companies, [...]

With all the recent focus over the gender wage gap, we often overlook one of the simplest solutions: getting more women into good-paying jobs traditionally held by men. Take manufacturing, for instance. Once a sector in decline in the United States, manufacturing will need to fill 3.4 [...]

A new study of federal government data by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research suggests that so-called middle-skill jobs—a sector that few have examined—may play some roll in the gap. The researches found that women hold only a third of these positions, which pay between [...]

While some came to celebrate women’s accomplishments, others embraced the march as an opportunity to raise awareness of work that still needs to be done around gender inequality in the workplace. Income inequality has been a recurring theme of politicians this election year, and the [...]

A failure to provide resources for student parents—like childcare and transportation—could impede a disproportionate number of women of color, who are the most likely undergrads to have children, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research . Colleges that hope to see equity in the [...]

Extensive research has shown that women on average make less than men. But the reasons why and the path toward pay equity are much murkier. The study from the Washington-based nonprofit, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research outlines one possible route to at least putting [...]