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Influential Panel: Health-Care Providers Need to Screen for Domestic Violence

by Nicole Knight But before #MeToo, intimate partner violence (IPV) was a deadly undercurrent for millions of women and men. About one in four women and one in ten men will experience a form of partner violence and report its impact, according to the National Intimate Partner and [...]

November 16, 2018|Categories: Press Hits|

How This Latina Founder Is Negotiating A Vegan Rebellion In Meat-Loving Texas

By Tanya Tarr Mariposa's experience and advice couldn't be more relevant on Equal Pay Day for Latinas. On average, Latinas make $0.54 for every $1 that her white male counterpart made in 2017, represented in time by the date of November 1, 2018. Research organizations like the Institute [...]

November 1, 2018|Categories: Press Hits|

Millennials are more open than Boomers to talk about pay

By Zack Guzman But a willingness to discuss pay in the office can help bolster an employee’s positioning when it comes time for salary negotiations. There is even evidence that suggests pay transparency may help with the gender pay gap. For example, one Institute for Women’s Policy [...]

October 31, 2018|Categories: Press Hits|

IWPR and UC Berkeley Launch New Joint Research Hub Supporting Health in Working Families

The Hub’s research will explore the health effects of paid leave policies, minimum wage laws, state and federal tax benefits, and more Contact: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202-785-5100 Washington, DC—Today, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the University of California, Berkeley, announce the launch [...]

October 25, 2018|Categories: Press Releases|

Survey Finds Abusers Coerce Pregnancy and Keep Women from Working or Attending College

“I was not allowed to work for 12 years for more than an odd job here and there. I can’t even begin to start listing lost opportunities.” Contact: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202-785-5100 Washington, DC—Nearly three in four survivors (73 percent) of intimate partner violence report [...]

October 23, 2018|Categories: Press Releases|