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Fast Facts: Pregnancy in the Workplace and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
Passing the PWFA would mean a step towards workplace gender equity, healthy pregnancies, reduced health disparities, and the economic security of pregnant and parenting women and their families.
Same Gap, Different Year: IWPR says wage gap persists
An analysis released today by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows that women are still almost 40 years from reaching pay equity with men if trends continue at the current pace. Each year the wage gap persists, women fall further behind men in overall earnings and ability to build assets and wealth with a cumulative effect each year in which earnings differences continue.
OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it
Black students with children hold more student loan debt than any other group. But there are steps we can take to reduce the crippling financial burden by Nicole Lynn Lewis When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed [...]
Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) has released a guide detailing how to forge much-needed collaborations with Head Start.
The system was never designed for working moms
We understand the system is broken and that it’s not our fault. It was never made for us. It was made for working men.
There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.
When our employers force us to keep our salaries secret, they make life worse for everyone.