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Another Next Big Thing: Double Talent Pool by Easing South Dakota’s Abortion Restrictions

By Cory Allen Heidelberger Our Governor has given up on looking for South Dakota’s Next Big Thing in favor of making herself MAGA Nation‘s next big thing, but hey, for you South Dakota officials still working on promoting our state’s economic development, does doubling our worker talent [...]

Oregon is Finally Counting Student Parents. Other States Should Follow.

By Autumn Green Michaela Martin was a single mom who needed child care in order to attend community college. Unfortunately, her campus child care center had a two- to three-year waitlist, and her program was only two years. When she tried to engage the college’s [...]

June 7, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , |

Kering, Chanel, Burberry: Where Fashion Stands on Parental Leave

By Bella Webb Burberry chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci dedicated the fashion house’s recent Autumn/Winter 2021 show to his mother. “Throughout my life, my mother has been this incredible force of nature. As a single parent, she raised me and my eight sisters with unfaltering [...]

June 7, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , |

Impact of She-Cession Not Being Felt Equally Among Women, Experts Say

By Brianna Kudisch State officials, policymakers, and leading academics virtually met Friday morning to discuss the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women and offer policy solutions, during the New Jersey Treasurer’s symposium on COVID, women, and the economy. Partly inspired by NJ Advance Media’s reporting on [...]

June 4, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Modest Job Gains for Women Signal Slow Recovery—with Child Care and School Re-Openings as Major Barriers to Full Return to Work

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 4, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that more women returned to the workforce than men, and women gained employment. The Institute for Women’s Policy [...]

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