IWPR Statement on President-Elect Biden’s American Rescue Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | [...]
Statement from IWPR on Passing the Second Stimulus Package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2020 Contact: Keri A. Potts [...]
Distance Learning Demands Put Low-Income, Minority Working Mothers in Double Bind
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Melinda Gates Believes the United States Needs a Child Care Infrastructure. We Do Too.
The coronavirus has laid bare what was painfully clear [...]
“I just feel like I’m falling through the cracks.”
Ilsa, a mother in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was trained as [...]
Build(ing) the Future: Bold Policies for a Gender-Equitable Recovery
This report, Build(ing) the Future: Bold Policies for a Gender-Equitable Recovery, provides a framework for shared prosperity and equitable economic recovery. It examines the impact of the economic crisis and recession on working women, their families, and communities.
“I experienced unpredictability because I was working full-time and no longer had child care”
"I experienced unpredictability because I was working full-time and no longer had child care"
(Transcript) Build(ing) the Future: A Symposium on the Policies we need for an Equitable Future for Women & Families
If you don’t understand who’s being most impacted by your policies, your strategies, and what you think should be done, the policies and programs you put forth will be short sighted and not reflective of the lived experiences and realities of those who are most impacted.
“I felt guilt making this decision to step out of the workplace”
Establish a National Child Care Infrastructure Like many working mothers, [...]
“That’s what keeps me going—the hope”
When she was laid off in mid-March from a job [...]