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

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: Press Release|

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

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: Business Insider, Caregiving, Child Care, Unpaid Labor, Working Mothers|

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

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: Black Women's Equal Pay Day, Gender Wage Gap, Racial Wage Gap|

Pope Francis Agrees: Equal Pay for Women is Long (Long) Overdue
Pope Francis Agrees: Equal Pay for Women is Long (Long) Overdue

Pope Francis Agrees: Equal Pay for Women is Long (Long) Overdue

By John W. Miller Editor's Note: The Moral Economy is a new series that tackles key economic topics through the prism of Catholic social teaching and its care for the dignity of every person. This is the seventh article in the series. The gender pay gap, persistent [...]

July 26, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: America Magazine, Child Care, COVID-19, Equal Pay, Gender Wage Gap, Recession|

Here’s What You Said Would Improve the Lives of Utah Women
Here’s What You Said Would Improve the Lives of Utah Women

Here’s What You Said Would Improve the Lives of Utah Women

By Becky Jacobs Editor’s note: This article is part of a series examining the status of Utah women. Read the editorial explaining the project and fact checks on issues that typically drive the state’s ranking as the nation’s worst place for women. Take the quiz [...]

July 26, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Gender Wage Gap, Status of Women in the States, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah|

How Much Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Cost Over a Lifetime? Up to $1.3 Million, a New Study Estimates
How Much Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Cost Over a Lifetime? Up to $1.3 Million, a New Study Estimates

How Much Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Cost Over a Lifetime? Up to $1.3 Million, a New Study Estimates

By Meera Jagannathan Workplace sexual harassment can have many intangible psychological and physical consequences, but survivors also face concrete financial costs in the near and long term, according to a new report published nearly four years after the resurgence of the #MeToo movement. On-the-job sexual [...]

July 23, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Costs of Sexual Harassment, COVID-19, Lifetime Costs, Marketplace, Workplace Harassment|

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

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

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

Pope Francis Agrees: Equal Pay for Women is Long (Long) Overdue

Here’s What You Said Would Improve the Lives of Utah Women

How Much Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Cost Over a Lifetime? Up to $1.3 Million, a New Study Estimates

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