Care Conference 2024: What We Need to Think About as the Population Is Aging and Care Needs Are Rising
This is the second blog in a series detailing the [...]
IWPR Releases New Poll Detailing the Concerns of Caregivers and Women in the Workforce
Care is the cornerstone of economic activity, yet it [...]
Care Conference 2024!
Care is the cornerstone of economic activity, yet it remains [...]
Webinar: The Gender Wage Gap and Occupational Segregation: Tackling the Undervaluation of Human Services and Care Work
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It’s Time to Reframe Care as a Public Good
In March, academics, researchers, and advocates came together to discuss the future of the U.S. care infrastructure at a conference presented by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, American University's Program on Gender Analysis in Economics, and the Carework Network. Taking stock of the caregiving landscape in the age of COVID-19, panelists focused on the impact of the pandemic, the current policy environment, shifting narratives around care, and the urgent changes needed to create a care system that works for women and families.
Care Workers Join Older Adult and Disability Advocates to Call for Vital Reforms
Last week, disability rights advocates were joined by caregiving professionals and policymakers at a rally in Washington, DC, to call for much-needed investment in the care infrastructure. Rally participants delivered the call to invest in care—with a focus on home and community-based services and living wages for direct care workers—at an important moment, as Congress continues to debate legislature that would provide critical funding like the Build Back Better Act and its reincarnations.
Gender Wage Gaps Remain Wide in Year Two of the Pandemic
In 2021, women earned just 83.1 percent of what men earned, based on IWPR’s analysis of median weekly earnings for full-time workers.
Conference on the U.S. Care Infrastructure to Highlight Problems and Possibilities Post-COVID
On March 4 and 5, 2022, the Institute for Women’s [...]
‘Care Is Infrastructure’: Sen. Warren Calls for HCBS Support Following New Bipartisan Proposal
By Robert Holly A bipartisan group of 10 senators announced [...]
How Colleges Tell Student-Parents They Don’t Belong
By Nicole Lynn Lewis As a former young mother in [...]
