The Status of Women in Florida Reproductive Rights
This White Paper provides an overview of reproductive rights [...]
The Status of Women in North Carolina: Poverty & Opportunity
In North Carolina and across the United States, women have made significant progress. Despite this, many women remain in poverty with limited access to a quality education, affordable health care services, and other supports that would give them economic security. This report looks at four indicators necessary for women’s economic success: (1) access to health insurance coverage, (2) educational attainment, (3) business ownership, and (4) poverty rates. These indicators are combined to create an index that ranks North Carolina against all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Before the “She-Cession”: A Pre-Pandemic Snapshot Shows More Women in the Workforce than Ever
The “she-cession” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has created economic instability for women across the United States. Yet, before the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s employment and earnings were improving nationwide. It is important to track trends in women’s employment and earnings prior to the pandemic [...]
COVID-19’s Impact on Women and Their Families in Georgia
By: Stacey Abrams and Alí Bustamante. Photo by Kevin [...]
Distance Learning Demands Put Low-Income, Minority Working Mothers in Double Bind
This article is part of a week-long series [...]
COVID-19 and the Status of Women in the States: Interview with Melanie Bridgeforth on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on women in Alabama
This interview is part of a week-long series for IWPR’s [...]
Bills to Pay and No Paychecks to Pay Them: Growing Need for Relief as Benefits Expire
This article is part of a week-long series [...]
Families report food insecurity as pandemic continues and benefits set to end
This article is part of a week-long series [...]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Women in Missouri
By: Wendy Doyle, President & CEO of United WE [...]
How COVID-19 is Impacting Women in Kansas
By: Wendy Doyle, President & CEO of United WE [...]
