Press Releases
New Jobs Report Shows Strong Growth—But Increase in Unemployment Highlights Persistent Challenges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 2, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) confirms substantial growth, with 405,000 new jobs on payroll for women (47.6% of 850,000 total). Yet, [...]
IWPR Appoints Merrill Lynch Senior VP Nadia Allaudin as New Board Chair and Bestselling Author and Advocate Eve Rodsky to its Board
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research president and CEO C. Nicole Mason announced a new Board Chair, Nadia Allaudin, Board Member, Eve Rodsky, and Vice President of Advancement, Carl Davis, Jr.—all changes designed to increase IWPR’s ability to win economic equity for all women and [...]
New Research Shows Women Were Entering the Workforce in Record Numbers Before the “She-cession”—and that Economic Equality is a Policy Choice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 22, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 A new study released today from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that prior to the “she-cession” there were more women in the labor force than ever before, [...]
Modest Job Gains for Women Signal Slow Recovery—with Child Care and School Re-Openings as Major Barriers to Full Return to Work
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 4, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that more women returned to the workforce than men, and women gained employment. The Institute for Women’s Policy [...]
IWPR Launches New Tool in the Fight against Reproductive Health Restrictions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 26, 2021 Contact: Liz Rose | (202) 355-3559 | rose@iwpr.org Washington, DC – Last week, the Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health (CERH) at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released game-changing research on reproductive health to monetize [...]
New Report Shows Young Women Workers Still Struggling a Decade After the Great Recession, Offers Lessons for the Pandemic Recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 25, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, D.C. – A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that a disproportionate number of young women (ages 16 to 24) worked part-time involuntarily and earned low [...]