
Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.
Women of childbearing age were 31% more likely to quit federal employment than men of the same age, according to a 2009 report published by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. That study estimated that giving federal workers paid leave would keep 2,650 women from quitting their jobs every year.

Join us for IWPR’s 2026 Power+ Summit, The Power Grid: Driving Gender Equity Forward, taking place September 28–29 in Detroit, MI.
Together, we will spark bold ideas, share breakthroughs, and shape the future of gender equity.