FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2025 CONTACT:  Tonya Williams, williams@iwpr.org IWPR Launches Brief Series on One Big Beautiful Bill's Threat to  Women's Economic Security   Washington, DC – The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), a leading national think tank advancing women’s equity for [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  September 10, 2025  CONTACT: Chandler Rollins, rollins@iwpr.org    Washington, DC – Analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that in 2024, the gender wage gap worsened as women who worked full-time year-round were paid just 80.9 cents for every [...]

The following is a statement from Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, on Dr. Lisa Cook “Dr. Lisa Cook has a long and distinguished career in both the public and private sector, and as the first black [...]

Re: Comments for RIN 1205-AC21, Prohibiting Illegal Discrimination in Registered Apprenticeship Programs (Submitted via regulations.gov) I. Introduction On behalf of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), I am writing to submit comments in response to the recent notice of proposed rulemaking, Prohibiting Illegal [...]

Washington, DC (September 2, 2025) — The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) submitted comments today to the US Department of Labor (DOL) opposing its proposed rule to rescind and drastically revise the DOL’s Office of Apprenticeship Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements, which help [...]

The following is a statement from Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, on the announced nomination of E.J. Antoni to serve as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.   “The announced nomination of E.J. Antoni to replace Dr. Erika McEntarfer as [...]