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Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States
Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States

Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States

By Lindsay Aerts A new report ranking women’s wages and employment compared to other states gave Utah a C-minus grade. But one local researcher says she’s encouraged by this ranking. “Utah has a C minus. Actually I’m kind of encouraged by that, I know that [...]

June 23, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: KSL News Radio, Status of Women in the States, Utah, Women in the Workforce|

Susan R. Madsen: Utah Women Making Economic Progress
Susan R. Madsen: Utah Women Making Economic Progress

Susan R. Madsen: Utah Women Making Economic Progress

By Susan R. Madsen Across the country, schools have come to a close and, for better or worse, students’ grades have been posted. Similarly the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C., has just issued its annual “Status of Women in the States,” which [...]

June 23, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Status of Women in the States, The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, Women in the Workforce|

Report: Wyoming Receives F for Women’s Employment, Earnings
Report: Wyoming Receives F for Women’s Employment, Earnings

Report: Wyoming Receives F for Women’s Employment, Earnings

By Ellen Fake A nonpartisan research organization recently gave Wyoming a grade of “F” when it came to employment opportunities and earning potential for women in the state. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research published a report on Tuesday covering employment and earning data from [...]

June 22, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Cowboy State Daily, Employment and Earnings Index, Status of Women in the States, Wyoming|

New Research Shows Women Were Entering the Workforce in Record Numbers Before the “She-cession”—and that Economic Equality is a Policy Choice
New Research Shows Women Were Entering the Workforce in Record Numbers Before the “She-cession”—and that Economic Equality is a Policy Choice

New Research Shows Women Were Entering the Workforce in Record Numbers Before the “She-cession”—and that Economic Equality is a Policy Choice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 22, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 A new study released today from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that prior to the “she-cession” there were more women in the labor force than ever before, [...]

June 22, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Employment and Earnings Index, Gender Wage Gap, Shecession, Status of Women in the States|

To Stop “She-Cession”, Employers Need to Better Meet Women’s Work Needs, Advocates Say
To Stop “She-Cession”, Employers Need to Better Meet Women’s Work Needs, Advocates Say

To Stop “She-Cession”, Employers Need to Better Meet Women’s Work Needs, Advocates Say

By Kim Glovas Women have been hit with unemployment and job insecurity much harder than men during the pandemic. That was the focus of a Women 100 conference last week hosted by Drexel University's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership. Women 100 was founded to [...]

June 20, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, KYW Newsradio, Pandemic, Unemployment, Women's 100 Conference|

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients
Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

NEW YORK—Fourteen new leaders of nonprofit organizations have been awarded New Executives Fund grants to help implement their organizational leadership visions during a time of unprecedented global change, the Open Society Foundations announced today. Based in six countries around the world, from Argentina to South [...]

June 15, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Awards, New Executives Fund, Open Society Foundations|

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Utah Gets a C- on Women’s Wages and Employment Compared to Other States

Susan R. Madsen: Utah Women Making Economic Progress

Report: Wyoming Receives F for Women’s Employment, Earnings

New Research Shows Women Were Entering the Workforce in Record Numbers Before the “She-cession”—and that Economic Equality is a Policy Choice

To Stop “She-Cession”, Employers Need to Better Meet Women’s Work Needs, Advocates Say

Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

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