Focus on Morocco Topic Brief: Health Care Access (French Translation)
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Focus on Lebanon Topic Brief: Project Overview and Respondent Demographics
A project by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Focus on Morocco Topic Brief: Paid Work and Control of Earnings and Assets (French Translation)
Ce projet est effectué par la Fondation internationale pour les systèmes électoraux (IFES) et l'Institut chargé des recherches relatives aux politiques de la femme (IWPR), et financé par l'Agence canadienne de développement international (CIDA)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Betty Dukes, et al. (2011): Brief Of Amicus Curiae The Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Support of Respondents
This brief reviews social science literature and research, which demonstrates that class actions play a significant societal role in remedying systemic employment discrimination because individual discrimination lawsuits almost never result in meaningful class-wide injunctive relief.
Social Security: Especially Vital to Women and People of Color, Men Increasingly Reliant
Social Security is the bedrock of retirement income for older Americans. IWPR analysis of the 2010 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) shows that Social Security remains the largest source of income for older Americans.
44 Million U.S. Workers Lacked Paid Sick Days in 2010: 77 Percent of Food Service Workers Lacked Access
A new analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) reveals that, after correcting for job tenure requirements imposed by employers, the estimated number of employees who can access paid sick days decreases noticeably.
Economic Insecurity in America: Who Lacks Economic Security?
Wider Opportunities for Women compared working-age adults’ household incomes to The Basic Economic Security Tables (BEST) for the United States, a measure of the basic needs and assets workers require for economic security.
IWPR Newsletter: Fall 2010
IWPR’s research on the Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa, gender segregation in the workforce, the status of women in the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
