Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC—A new briefing paper released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that eligibility requirements for many college promise (or “free college”) programs need to change to include student parents, a demographic that is central [...]

Contact: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202-785-5100 New analysis finds that women’s job growth in construction trades was nearly 5 times faster than job growth in the field overall Washington, DC—Between 2017 and 2018, the number of women working in construction trades increased by 17.6 percent, rising [...]

Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org New study of earnings and labor force participation finds commonly cited figures on the gender wage gap may underestimate pay inequality Washington, DC—Women today earn just 49 cents to the typical men’s dollar, much less than the 80 cents [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

With virtually no change in the gender wage gap in 2017, women will not see equal pay for 41 more years at the current rate The gender wage gap widened between women of all racial and ethnic groups and White men Washington, DC— A fact [...]