By Federiga Bindi and Mimosa Giamanco August 23 at 5:00 AM Throughout academia, including in political science, women haven’t achieved parity with men. As this series explores, implicit bias holds women back at every stage, from the readings professors assign to the student evaluations that influence promotions [...]

The new regulations likely won't faze businesses that already offer sick time or paid-time off benefits for employees. But the Institute for Women's Policy Research, which relied on U.S. census data, estimates that about 300,000 workers don't have paid sick leave. The study concluded that [...]

According to a 2017 study conducted by the Institute For Women’s Policy Research, Black women make just 60 percent of white men’s salaries while Latinx women make 53 percent. These percentages have dropped from the previous year. (In 2016, Black women made 62 percent of white men’s [...]

According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research occupational segregation — when some occupations are dominated by men or women — prevents "people from moving into occupations where they could perform well and that would satisfy them more than the ones open to them. And occupational segregation [...]

The poverty rate for working women would be cut in half, says a report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research. This is significant because women currently make up 70% of Medicaid recipients and 80% of welfare recipients, so if we get them out of poverty, [...]

Under stern social rules, women are constantly criticized for not presenting as “proper,” formal, or gentle enough. We are pigeonholed into traditional household, “caretaker” roles, or seen as rude and mean when we disapprove of something. We are afraid to make mistakes, and we are [...]