Press Releases
Texas Abortion Ban and Other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 2, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Texas Abortion Ban and other Restrictions Cost the State Economy Almost $15 Billion per Year “Texas is restricting its own economic growth in its quest to restrict women’s freedom.” Washington, D.C. —Texas’ abortion [...]
Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 1, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC — A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) confirms the powerful impact union membership has on the women of this country. The report, Stronger Together:Union Membership [...]
New Jobs Report Show Gains Across the Board: Women Return to the Workforce, but Full Recovery Still a Ways Off
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 6, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – This month’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows overall both men and women workers are going back to work. The data show another month of [...]
Black Women Were Paid Less than 70 Percent of What White Men Were Paid in Almost Every State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 27, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, D.C. – New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that there has been remarkably little progress in closing the gender pay gap between Black women and [...]
New Research Uncovers the True Financial Costs of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace for Women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 21, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber, IWPR | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Chelsea Fuller, TIME'S UP Foundation | press@timesupnow.org Washington, DC – Today the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and the TIME’S UP Foundation released a report showing that workplace [...]
New IWPR Report Shows Challenges Women Face in Patenting Process, Provides Recommendations to Diversify Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 19, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, DC – The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), a leading think tank focused on improving the lives of and creating opportunities for women, released a new study today, [...]
