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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|

Why More Women Don’t Run for Office

"The report was released by Political Parity , a nonpartisan organization working to increase the number of women in Congress and in the governor's mansion, with funding through former ambassador Swanee Hunt 's grant-giving group Hunt Alternatives . The report combines both a quantitative survey of 171 [...]

May 21, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

New Research Explores the Barriers Women Face in Seeking Higher Office

A new report released today by Political Parity, a nonpartisan program of Hunt Alternatives, finds that women in politics often encounter a series of structural and social roadblocks that make it difficult to navigate a road to higher office. The findings in the report draw on insights from focus groups and in-depth interviews conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and polling of female state legislators by Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting.

May 21, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

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