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Vital Federal Program To Help Parents In College Is ‘A Drop In The Bucket’

by Elissa Nadworny In 2018, Congress more than tripled CCAMPIS funding — from $15 million to $50 million. Even with that increase, estimates by IWPR show the program only serves about 11,000 student parents. "It's a drop in the bucket," says Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, who [...]

October 24, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Abortion Access Is an Economic Issue for Everyone

by Kylie Cheung The majority of the one-in-four American women who have abortions are women of color, and 75 percent are low-income; about half (49 percent) live below the federal poverty line. Fifty-nine percent of women who have abortions are already mothers, and research by [...]

October 14, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

2 Million Federal Workers Don’t Get Paid Family Leave. That Might Change.

By Emily Peck Women of childbearing age were 31% more likely to quit federal employment than men of the same age, according to a 2009 report published by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. That study estimated that giving federal workers paid leave would keep [...]

October 4, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Kept awake by worries, Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women’s rights

Ellen Wulfhorst Such an investment can be a big incentive driving other contributions, said Barbara Gault, acting co-president of Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington-based think tank. “The non-profits and advocacy groups that are trying to make change often are underfunded and are operating [...]

October 2, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Older Americans Are Increasingly Unwilling — Or Unable — To Retire

by Ina Jaffe Bryant has a little money coming in from retirement accounts. But she still finds herself in line at food banks. It's not the kind of life she was used to. And she says she was slow to make the adjustment. She had [...]

October 2, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|