by MEREDITH CAREY Thankfully, we've since learned the error of our ways—but we could all use the reminder that we're actually devaluing our salary by leaving those days behind. (Especially given women are already earning about 19.5 percent less than our male counterparts, according to the Institute [...]

By Thomas Friestad “According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, if employed women in Pennsylvania were paid the same as comparable men, their poverty rate would be reduced by more than half (from 7.3 percent to estimated 3.6 percent) and poverty among single mothers [...]

by Connor Everett Eight percent of single mothers in college graduate with an associate or bachelor’s degree within six years, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. This statistic is a stark contrast to the 49 percent graduation rate of women without children. >>Read more

Arielle O'Shea The wage gap, which stood at 20 percent in 2017, is unlikely to close in the U.S. for another 40 years, according to an analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. >>Read more

Lornet Turnbull Student parents represent about one-quarter of all U.S. undergraduates—about half of them single parents, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. And while their ranks have been growing, the number of two- and four-year colleges with on-campus child care declined more than 5 percent between 2005 [...]

By Caroline Kitchener The increasing number of women in the workplace stems from long-term economic trends, “which likely have very little to do with Trump’s policies,” said Heidi Hartmann, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. For most of the last 50 years, [...]