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How Abortion Restrictions like Texas’s Push Pregnant People into Poverty
How Abortion Restrictions like Texas’s Push Pregnant People into Poverty

How Abortion Restrictions like Texas’s Push Pregnant People into Poverty

By Chabeli Carrazana A study of hundreds of pregnant women over a decade found that 72 percent of those who were denied care ended up living in poverty. For the better part of a decade, Diana Greene Foster followed 1,000 women who were seeking an [...]

September 7, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Abortion, Press Hits, Texas Abortion Ban, The 19th News|

Anemic Jobs Report Signals Trouble for Women’s Full Re-Entry into the Workforce
Anemic Jobs Report Signals Trouble for Women’s Full Re-Entry into the Workforce

Anemic Jobs Report Signals Trouble for Women’s Full Re-Entry into the Workforce

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 3, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals a disappointing growth of just 235,000 new jobs across the board, but the news is even worse for women. [...]

September 3, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Press Release|

Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year
Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year

Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year

IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 2, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Texas Abortion Ban and other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year “Texas is restricting its own economic growth in its quest to restrict women’s freedom.” Washington, D.C. —Texas’ abortion [...]

September 2, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Press Release, Texas Abortion Ban|

Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security
Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security

Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 1, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC — A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) confirms the powerful impact union membership has on the women of this country. The report, Stronger Together:Union Membership [...]

September 2, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|

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|

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|

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How Abortion Restrictions like Texas’s Push Pregnant People into Poverty

Anemic Jobs Report Signals Trouble for Women’s Full Re-Entry into the Workforce

Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year

Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security

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

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

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