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Congress Won’t Be 50 Percent Women Until 2121. What Is the Hold Up

Are we looking at more than 100 years before women finally reach parity in Congress? According to a new report out by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) , if nothing changes about how candidates to Congress are pipelined, it will be 2121 before [...]

June 19, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Congress Won't Be 50 Percent Women Until 2121. What Is the Hold Up

Are we looking at more than 100 years before women finally reach parity in Congress? According to a new report out by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) , if nothing changes about how candidates to Congress are pipelined, it will be 2121 before [...]

June 19, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

More than Two-Thirds of Low-Wage and Food Service Workers Lack Access to Paid Sick Days in Oakland

Washington, DC —A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that 37 percent of Oakland’s private sector employees lack access to a single paid sick day. Access rates for low-wage workers earning less than $12.25 per hour in Oakland are particularly [...]

June 13, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Men Still 699,000 Jobs Short of Employment Recovery; Strong Job Gains in May for Men and Women in Female-Dominated Industries
Men Still 699,000 Jobs Short of Employment Recovery; Strong Job Gains in May for Men and Women in Female-Dominated Industries

Men Still 699,000 Jobs Short of Employment Recovery; Strong Job Gains in May for Men and Women in Female-Dominated Industries

According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the June employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), although the total number of jobs lost in the recession has been recovered (138,463,000 jobs in May 2014 vs. 138,350,000 jobs in December 2007, when the recession began), men are still short 699,000 from their prerecession peak. Women regained their peak in August 2013. In May, women gained 86,000 jobs on nonfarm payrolls, while men gained 131,000 for an increase of 217,000 total jobs in May. In the past year, men have gained more than half the new jobs added (53 percent vs. 47 percent for women).

June 6, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Female CEOs Make Strides, but Pay Gap Persists

"Surveys that include CEOs of smaller companies, both publicly and private held, show women making strides in pay, though a gap persists. Female CEOs earned nearly 80% of their male counterparts' compensation in 2013, according to a study from the Institute for Women's Policy Research [...]

May 28, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Can Obamacare Help Close the Gender Wage Gap?

"Not relying on an employer for health insurance reduces the feeling of "job lock," the idea that people stay in a job that otherwise pays poorly or does not offer opportunities for advancement because they depend on the health coverage provided by the employer. Women [...]

May 23, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

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Men Still 699,000 Jobs Short of Employment Recovery; Strong Job Gains in May for Men and Women in Female-Dominated Industries

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