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Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality
Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality

Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality

By Becky Jacobs Utah is routinely labeled as the worst state for women’s equality, and that ranking is often due to these factors in the lives of women who live here: They earn less, due to the gender wage gap. They have less education, based [...]

July 7, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Employment and Earnings Index, Gender Wage Gap, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah|

Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing
Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing

Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing

By Michayla Savitt ALBANY, N.Y. -- Before the pandemic, more women were in the workforce than ever before, and new research ranks New York state fifth in the country for women's economic standing. The report, from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, reveals both progress [...]

July 5, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, Employment and Earnings Index, Minimum Wage, New York, Pandemic, Public News Service|

New Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth—But Increase in Unemployment Highlights Persistent Challenges
New Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth—But Increase in Unemployment Highlights Persistent Challenges

New Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth—But Increase in Unemployment Highlights Persistent Challenges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 2, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirms substantial growth, with 405,000 new jobs on payroll for women (47.6% of 850,000 total). Yet, [...]

July 2, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: COVID-19, Jobs Day, Unemployment|

Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap
Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap

Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap

By Emma Goldberg Carolyn Kopprasch earns $225,000 a year. Maria Thomas makes $267,890. Then comes Darcy Peters with a salary of $105,143. That information, taken in before I exchange pleasantries with these women, feels almost illicit — like the confessions of a stranger oversharing at [...]

July 1, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Pay Transparency, The New York Times, Wage Gap|

How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women
How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women

How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women

By Bethany Biron When Rosalind Brewer was appointed as CEO of Walgreens in March, she became not just the only Black CEO of a Fortune 500 company, but also one of the few women in C-suite positions in the entire retail industry. According to the [...]

June 30, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Business Insider, Occupation Inequality, Occupational Wage Gap, Women CEOs|

IWPR Appoints Merrill Lynch Senior VP Nadia Allaudin as New Board Chair and Bestselling Author and Advocate Eve Rodsky to its Board
IWPR Appoints Merrill Lynch Senior VP Nadia Allaudin as New Board Chair and Bestselling Author and Advocate Eve Rodsky to its Board

IWPR Appoints Merrill Lynch Senior VP Nadia Allaudin as New Board Chair and Bestselling Author and Advocate Eve Rodsky to its Board

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research president and CEO C. Nicole Mason announced a new Board Chair, Nadia Allaudin, Board Member, Eve Rodsky, and Vice President of Advancement, Carl Davis, Jr.—all changes designed to increase IWPR’s ability to win economic equity for all women and [...]

June 24, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Announcements, Board Chairs, Board Members|

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Fact-Checking Utah’s Reputation As the Worst State for Women’s Equality

Pre-COVID Snapshot Puts NY in Top 5 for Women’s Economic Standing

New Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth—But Increase in Unemployment Highlights Persistent Challenges

Knowing What Your Co-Worker Makes Doesn’t Close the Pay Gap

How Retail’s Lack of Gender Diversity and Representation in Leadership Roles is Hurting Profitability—In an Industry Where Just 12% of CEOs are Women

IWPR Appoints Merrill Lynch Senior VP Nadia Allaudin as New Board Chair and Bestselling Author and Advocate Eve Rodsky to its Board

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