By Kate Ryan NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women across the economic spectrum are more vulnerable than men to losing their jobs to technology, according to a study released on Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Among the positions with more than [...]

By Sarah Holder If the automation revolution is as bad as some researchers believe, almost half of all occupations in the U.S. are at risk of replacement by 2026. Truck drivers will be swapped out for self-driving AI. Manufacturers will use smarter machines instead of [...]

By Hazel Cills In 9 to 5, a worker named Maria is fired after sharing her salary and covertly wondering what a manager makes. That’s, of course, illegal and Violet makes a point of hiring back Maria. But the illegality of employers suppressing conversations about pay [...]

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 [...]