Supreme Court Rejects Far Right Effort to Restrict Access to Medication Abortions and Mifepristone
"The far-right effort to block access to mifepristone is not about women’s safety—it is about controlling women’s choices and curtailing their freedoms. It is part of a broader crusade to impose their own ideology on women in this country and prevent them from making their own reproductive health care decisions. Today, we celebrate this decision, but we must remain vigilant against such attacks.”
--IWPR President Dr. Jamila K. Taylor
Understanding the Needs of Black Single Mothers in College
IWPR spoke with 25 Black single mothers as they strive for their college degree about the challenges they face and the programs that help them balance family with their academic careers.
On Equal Pay Day 2024, New IWPR Report Reveals that Women Earn Less than Men in All Occupations, Even Ones Commonly Held by Women
Women are paid eighty-four (84) cents for every dollar a man makes, a persistent gender wage gap that spans all professions, even those typically held by women, according to a new report released by IWPR
“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 [...]
May 24, 2018 Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC—This week, economist and IWPR President Heidi Hartmann was named one of Apolitical’s Gender Equality Top 100, recognizing the most influential people in gender policy around the world. Dr. Hartmann, who is also Economist in [...]
New analysis finds that single mothers face massive time challenges to college success, and campus child care may triple graduation rates FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2018 Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC— Single mothers in college full-time spend the equivalent of a [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2018 Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC—In advance of International Women’s Day 2018 on March 8, a new fact sheet by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that the gender wage gap in median weekly earnings* [...]
A new analysis finds that women in unions earn $219 more per week than non-unionized women Washington, DC—Unionized women earn $219 more per week, or 30 percent more, than non-unionized women, according to a new analysis released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). [...]
