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Anemic Jobs Report Signals Trouble for Women’s Full Re-Entry into the Workforce

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 3, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals a disappointing growth of just 235,000 new jobs across the board, but the news is even worse for women. [...]

September 3, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: |

Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 2, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Texas Abortion Ban and other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year “Texas is restricting its own economic growth in its quest to restrict women’s freedom.” Washington, D.C. —Texas’ abortion [...]

September 2, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , |

Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 1, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC — A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) confirms the powerful impact union membership has on the women of this country. The report, Stronger Together:Union Membership [...]

September 2, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|

New Jobs Report Show Gains Across the Board: Women Return to the Workforce, but Full Recovery Still a Ways Off

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August  6, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows overall both men and women workers are going back to work. The data show another month of [...]

August 6, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: |

The Unpaid Teacher Crisis No One is Talking About: Women Did More Homeschooling than Men in 2020

By Madison Hoff The pandemic and related lockdowns naturally affected what Americans do every day, and new data shows that women spent more time on homeschooling and care responsibilities than men did in 2020. The American Time Use Survey released last week by the Bureau [...]

July 29, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , |

Black Women Were Paid Less than 70 Percent of What White Men Were Paid in Almost Every State

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 27, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, D.C. – New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that there has been remarkably little progress in closing the gender pay gap between Black women and [...]

July 27, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , , |
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