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Megan Thee Stallion was mocked after being shot. As she reclaims the narrative, Black women recognize her pain.
Megan Thee Stallion was mocked after being shot. As she reclaims the narrative, Black women recognize her pain.

Megan Thee Stallion was mocked after being shot. As she reclaims the narrative, Black women recognize her pain.

By Bethonie Butler When Black women are the victims of violence, “it’s usually framed as a situation of mutual combat or provocation,” said C. Nicole Mason, president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. That unwillingness to see black women as victims [...]

July 31, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality, The Washington Post, Violence Against Women|

COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions
COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions

COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions

New survey data show pandemic may be disproportionately influencing women to choose online education over in-person options. By Lindsay McKenzie Women have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and this may be why they feel they cannot pursue in-person education, even if previously this would have been [...]

July 30, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Access to Higher Education, COVID-19, Inside Higher Ed, Pandemic|

Here’s how much school closures will cost parents in lost wages, reduce GDP — and negatively impact the nation’s education system
Here’s how much school closures will cost parents in lost wages, reduce GDP — and negatively impact the nation’s education system

Here’s how much school closures will cost parents in lost wages, reduce GDP — and negatively impact the nation’s education system

The American public-school system is already largely segregated by race, class and outcomes, and expert say that trend is likely to get worse. By Jillian Berman Research also suggests that mothers aren’t just reducing their hours, they’re leaving their jobs to cope. Among women who [...]

July 24, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, MarketWatch, Recession, Unemployment|

Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign
Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign

Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign

By: Jasmine Garsd Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, announced a plan to invest $775 billion over 10 years in child care and elder care. In 2017, under the Trump administration, the child care tax credit was doubled to as much as $2,000 per [...]

July 22, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, NPR Marketplace|

Former ESPN Senior Communications Director Keri Potts Joins IWPR as Vice President, External Affairs
Former ESPN Senior Communications Director Keri Potts Joins IWPR as Vice President, External Affairs

Former ESPN Senior Communications Director Keri Potts Joins IWPR as Vice President, External Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lea Woods | 202-785-5100 | woods@iwpr.org Washington, DC—Twenty-one year communications executive Keri Potts will bring her skills and talents to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Her past experience includes positions at Nike, the NCAA, and, for the past [...]

July 20, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|

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|

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Megan Thee Stallion was mocked after being shot. As she reclaims the narrative, Black women recognize her pain.

COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions

Here’s how much school closures will cost parents in lost wages, reduce GDP — and negatively impact the nation’s education system

Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign

Former ESPN Senior Communications Director Keri Potts Joins IWPR as Vice President, External Affairs

There’s No Money In Working Anymore

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