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 [...]

Women’s employment rose by 189,000 spots, or 68% of the overall gain, according to government data . “It was a very good jobs report for women,” said Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington-based think tank. Women saw strong jobs [...]

According to a 2011 study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, more than 1 million Michigan workers – about 46 percent of private sector workers – cannot take sick leave when they are ill. This leads to numerous problems, including children showing up at [...]

Of 186 countries examined in an analysis of the World Policy Analysis Centre Adult Labor Database, 96% provide some pay to women during maternity leave, a 2013 study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C., found. Estonia is one of the most [...]