By Jessica Ravitz, CNN But ERA proponents are quick to point out that these protections A. don't necessarily live up to their promise and B. are not ironclad. For example, the Violence Against Women Act was left out of the most recent funding bill. And the Institute [...]

AIMEE PICCHI By some calculations, the pay gap is even deeper. A broader analysis last year from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that women earn just 50 cents for every $1 men earn, once part-time workers and those who take time off for caregiving is [...]

By Krystal Hu Women are hit hardest Women and men may not feel the same level of pain in the retail apocalypse. In the past year, women lost jobs in the industry overall while men had a net gain in retail jobs, according to the [...]

By Julia Carpenter Trucking, after all, is grueling work: long shifts, night hours and lots of solitary work. It's also a traditionally male-dominated industry — according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research, less than 5% of truck drivers are female. Occupations like carpentry, construction and [...]

By Ellie Mertens Inventorship outside the US is not much better, according to a 2017 WIPO report, 30.5% of international patent applications include at least one women inventor. It says that global gender parity in inventorship remains "a distant prospect". The Institute for Women's Policy [...]

By Amanda Iacone Women in the U.S. earn 85 percent of what their male peers take home—an improvement from 81 percent the prior year. But the wage gap grows as workers age. Women 50 and older earn just 80 percent of what their male colleagues make. [...]