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There’s No Money In Working Anymore
There’s No Money In Working Anymore

There’s No Money In Working Anymore

By: WHIZY KIM Women, and especially women of color, also dominate in some of the lowest-paying industries. “Black and Latinx women specifically make up between 26% to 28% of those working in the service sector,” says Dr. C. Nicole Mason, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s [...]

July 20, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Minimum Wage, Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality, Refinery 29, Unemployment, Wages, Wealth Gap|

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected
Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

Salau’s tragic story also underscores the extremely complicated relationship that Black women have with policing and criminalization. According to the American Psychological Association, one in four Black girls will be the victim of sexual assault by age 18, and one in five Black women is a [...]

July 9, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Bitch Media, Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality, Violence Against Women|

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

By: Alicia Adamczyk Women who have access to legal contraception beginning at ages 18 to 21 earn an estimated 5% more per hour and 11% more per year by the time they’re 40 than those who do not have access to birth control, a 2019 report from the [...]

July 8, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Affordable Care Act, CNBC, Reproductive Rights|

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color
Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

By Alicia Adamczyk If Congress decides not to extend the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits past its July 31 end date, the “vast majority” of unemployed workers will be “harmed” without it, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. While workers of all [...]

July 6, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: CNBC, COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.
Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.

Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lea Woods | 202-785-5100 | woods@iwpr.org As the economy reopens and re-hiring begins, unemployment rates remain high for Black and Latina women, and younger workers. Washington, DC — Most recent employment data show steady declines in unemployment for both women and men. Women [...]

July 2, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Recession, Unemployment|

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.
Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.

BY EMILY BARONE Women have been affected across the board, losing jobs at disproportionate rates in most industries and returning to the workforce slower than their male colleagues—even in sectors where employment levels have been essentially gender neutral. In retail, for instance, women held 50% of [...]

June 10, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Time Magazine, Unemployment|

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There’s No Money In Working Anymore

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.

Women Were Making Historic Strides in the Workforce. Then the Pandemic Hit.

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