Time will tell if abuses still come, or unforeseen problems arise, and the Legislature needs to step in. But history is promising. San Francisco passed a citywide paid sick leave ordinance in 2006; a 2011 study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research found that [...]

Women financially support 40 percent of all households in the United States, the Pew Research Center recently found, compared with 11 percent in 1960. Out-of-pocket spending on child care has nearly doubled over the last 30 years, according to the Census Bureau. The average cost [...]

A 2014 study by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research identified the benefits of paid family leave. "Research shows that paid leave increases the likelihood that workers will return to work after childbirth, improves employee morale, has no or positive effects on workplace [...]

The Institute for Women's Policy Research did a thorough analysis of the interim report by My Brother's Keeper, called MBK90. It was sponsored by and posted on the African-American Policy Forum website. Here's the bombshell: The MBK initiative is based on misinformation and myth. The [...]

And women shouldn't expect to see equal pay until 2058. This is  according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

The bill, which passed by a vote of 17-13, will now go to the Oregon House, and if approved, to Gov. Kate Brown (D). A spokesman for the Working Families Party, a group that supports the measure, said that he was optimistic about the bill's [...]