By Emily Peck The gender wage gap is actually worse than you think, with women earning slightly less than half of what men make over the long term, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The standard wage gap [...]

By Jillian Berman That’s the finding of a report released Wednesday by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Traditionally, researchers and officials have estimated the gulf between men and women’s earnings by looking at how much women working year-round and full-time earn in [...]

By Alison Kodjak ... And the family became isolated, says her husband. "It felt kind of like 'knocked out of society' for a while," Alex Siebers says. "Our daily routine, our lives and our connections with people — we lost touch. Because we were, you [...]

By Natelegé Whaley O’Neal’s tragic killing is yet another case of intimate partner violence and the incident should be a dire reminder that black women are more likely to experience domestic violence than white, Latina and Asian/Pacific Islander women, according to a 2017 report, the Status [...]

By Casey Quinlan The death of O’Neal, a Black woman, is also part of a disturbing prevalence of intimate partner violence against Black women in the United States. According tothe Institute for Women’s Policy Research, more than four in ten Black women have suffered physical violence [...]

By Matt Lundy “Not only could a paid family leave program keep women in the workforce and decrease their need for public assistance, but it could reduce employer costs and contribute to U.S. economic growth,” said a 2014 report from the Washington-based Institute for Women’s Policy [...]