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.
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
In advance of Latinas Equal Pay Day, a new estimate shows slow progress on closing the wage gap, especially for women of color Contact: Jennifer Clark | 202-785-5100 | clark@iwpr.org Washington, DC— If trends over the last 30 years continue, Hispanic women will not see equal [...]
Contacts: Jennifer Clark, clark@iwpr.org, 202.785.5100; Michael Reich, michaelreich.prof@gmail.com Washington, DC—A stunning number of professional economists—nearly 1,100—have signed a petition urging the American Economic Association (AEA) to address pervasive misogyny in the field. The petition urges the AEA to create a jobs wiki site that would [...]
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 [...]
