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What Serena Williams Wants You to Know About Financial Abuse

By Patia Braithwaite It’s also important to know that financial abuse often occurs alongside other forms of domestic violence. In a small 2018 study from the Institute of Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) that surveyed 164 people living in shelters across 11 states and Washington, D.C., [...]

September 26, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Contraception Access Increases Women’s Educational Attainment and Earnings

Contact: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202-785-5100 New resource summarizes economic research on the effects of access to contraception on women’s education and work Washington, DC—Access to contraception increases women’s educational attainment, labor force participation, and earnings, according to a new report released today by the Institute [...]

September 26, 2019|Categories: IWPR, Press Releases|

‘Hustlers’ And The Gender Politics Of Making Money

By Candice Frederick ... On top of that, the wage gap in 2008 meant that the average American woman who was getting paid above the table in a traditional full-time job earned $11,000 less than her male counterparts, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. [...]

September 13, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Colleges Could Do More To Help Student Parents Pay For Child Care, Watchdog Says

By @ElissaNadworny "When you're a parent, you're spending hours upon hours each day providing care to your kids," says Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, who studies student parents at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. "When you layer that on top of college courses, studying, group projects, [...]

September 12, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

IWPR Statement on New GAO Report on Student Parents

Contact: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202-785-5100 Important new research confirms that student parents need better access to financial aid and affordable child care to complete college Washington, DC—Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an extensive report on student parents called, “Higher Education: More Information [...]

September 12, 2019|Categories: Press Releases|

Progress on Closing the Gender Wage Gap Remains Stalled

Contact: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202-785-5100 White women saw the largest earnings gains in the last year, while Black women saw the smallest Women will not see equal pay until 2059, if current trends continue Washington, DC— A fact sheet by the Institute for Women’s Policy [...]

September 11, 2019|Categories: Press Releases|