"We have been here before. We have fought and won these battles before. We will continue to stand strong and defend the health and economic well-being of women against the onslaught of attacks we expect from a new Trump administration."
--Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, IWPR President and CEO
New IWPR Analysis Reveals Economic Harm of State Abortion Bans
IWPR's latest report points to a clear correlation between abortion restrictions and economic underperformance, further highlighting that restrictions or total bans on abortion care not only jeopardize women’s health but actively harm state economies.
IWPR Launches Connect for Success Initiative to Expand Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Community College Students
IWPR has proudly announced the launch of its new initiative, Connect for Success—a groundbreaking initiative aiming to significantly increase community college students' access to high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care services. The initiative starts with awards to eleven grantees across the country working on the ground to provide students with the support they need to succeed.
National Gender Wage Gap Widens in 2023 for the First Time in 20 Years, With Women Making 82.7 Cents on the Dollar Compared to Men, Down from 84 Cents in 2022
“The worsening gender wage gap is a national disgrace," says IWPR President and CEO Dr. Jamila K. Taylor.
Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC—Three in ten single mothers in college attend private, for-profit schools, a larger share than students of any other family type, according to a new analysis of federal education data by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research [...]
New analysis finds young Black women are twice as likely to face unemployment as young White women Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC—In advance of Labor Day, a new analysis of national unemployment rates by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) [...]
New analysis finds that almost 3 times as many women as men work in occupations with poverty-level wages Washington, DC—Female personal financial advisors make little more than half (56.4 percent) of what their male counterparts make, facing the widest wage gap (44.4 percent) across all [...]
If current trends continue, women living in North Dakota, Utah, Louisiana, and Wyoming will not see equal pay until the next century Washington, DC—According to a new state analysis released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), there are 13 states where progress [...]
But Black and Hispanic women still face wide wage gaps Washington, DC—In advance of International Women’s Day 2017 on March 8, a new fact sheet by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that median weekly earnings* for women increased by $14 dollars (or [...]
Washington, DC—A new county-level analysis of the status of women in Florida, released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) in partnership with the Florida Women’s Funding Alliance (FWFA), finds that women in Florida have higher rates of poverty, lower educational attainment, and lower access to health insurance coverage than women in the United States overall, but the state ranks 5th in the nation on women’s business ownership. The report estimates that if working women in Florida were paid the same as comparable men—men who are of the same age, have the same level of education, work the same number of hours, and have the same urban/rural status—the poverty rate among all working women would fall by 57.3 percent.
