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The Retirement Crisis for Women of Color

by Tatiana Walk-Morris Gender disparities throughout their careers lead women to receive Social Security benefits that are, on average, 80 percent of what men receive, according to the Brookings Institution. Add in racial inequality—census data shows that Black women make 61 cents on the dollar [...]

January 18, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , |

Why Big Data Is Failing Women in STEM and How To Fix It

By Joan Michelson Big Data dominates our economy. Yet, we don’t have consistent, standardized and real-time data on the jobs driving that 21st century-Big Data economy: science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Especially for women.  In the labyrinth of sources, the government’s Bureau of Labor [...]

January 17, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , |

IWPR Statement on President-Elect Biden’s American Rescue Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | 646-719-7021 | weber@iwpr.org IWPR Statement—The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) applauds the Biden Administration’s ambitious $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that will provide needed economic support to struggling families and the workers who have [...]

January 15, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , , , |

Unemployment Claims Are Rising as the Pandemic Surges

By Peter Wade The jobs crisis in the U.S. is worsening as weekly unemployment claims reached a five-month high, according to new unemployment numbers released by the Department of Labor. Almost 1.4 million people filed initial jobless claims for the week ending January 9th, which [...]

January 14, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , , |

‘Bloomberg Markets: The Close’ Full Show

Caroline Hyde, Romaine Bostick, Sarah Ponczek & Joe Weisenthal bring you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before the closing bell on Wall Street and tackle the second impeachment of President Trump, Intel's new leadership. One of the [...]

January 13, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: |

US cut 140,000 jobs in December. All were held by women, while men gained employment.

By Alexandra Kelley Data released on Friday from the U.S. Department of Labor showed a disturbing setback for women in the workforce; of the 140,000 jobless claims reported in December, women accounted for all of the job losses recorded that month. Payroll employment reported to [...]

January 11, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , |