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Cecile Richards

IWPR President and CEO, Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, on the Passing of Cecile Richards

"Cecile’s leadership and brilliance were matched only by her kindness and the care that she brought to all her work."

CFS Launch

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.

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SC mife decision June 2024

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

Gender Wage Gap Narrows only Slightly Even though Women’s Earnings Are More Important than Ever to American Families

A new Fact Sheet released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that in 2009 median weekly earnings for women were $657 compared with $819 for men, a female-to-male-earnings ratio of 80.2 percent [...]

March 10, 2010|Categories: Press Releases|

For many, 2010 is not off to a great start

Unemployment among women who maintain families without the support of a spouse is at 13 percent as of December 2009, the highest rate in more than 25 years, according to today’s figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

January 8, 2010|Categories: Press Releases|

Women’s Vote Clinches Election Victory: 8 Million More Women than Men Voted for Obama

November 6, 2008|Categories: Press Releases|

Press Releases

Women’s Vote Clinches Election Victory: 8 Million More Women than Men Voted for Obama

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