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.
Congratulations Maryland, your women are economically better off than their counterparts in any other state.
That’s according to a new ranking that seeks to assess access to opportunity and economic security for women in America, the second in a seven-part “Status of Women in the States” series of reports from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Women are most likely to live above the poverty line in Alaska, own a business in Maryland and both have health insurance or a bachelor’s degree in Massachusetts, according to the findings.