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The Recession and Older Americans
by Betsy Keating According to recent Senate testimony from a panel of experts, older Americans are under enormous financial strain and would be severely impacted by cuts to programs like Social...
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Small Steps Forward in Job Gains, But Not Enough to Close Gender Gap
By Caroline Hopper On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data, showing 65,000 of the 120,000 jobs gained last month went to women. While I welcome this news, I would like to take a...
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Top 5 Findings of 2011
by Caroline Dobuzinskis, with Jocelyn Fischer and Rhiana Gunn-Wright. In 2011, IWPR released several important findings on relevant topics such as the continuing impact of the recession, increased...
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New Research from IWPR Finds Low Literacy Hurts Women More Than Men
By Kevin Miller In an analysis of data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy that was recently published, IWPR found that women earn less than men regardless of literacy level, but that...
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IWPR’s Fellowship Encourages Advancement in Research Careers
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, 2011-2012 Mariam K. Chamberlain By Caroline Dobuzinskis and Mallory Mpare The Institute for Women’s Policy Research Mariam K. Chamberlain (MKC) Fellowship in Women and Public...
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Literacy, Women, and the Workforce Investment Act
This blog was originally posted on the Workforce Innovation Team blog. In honor of March being Women’s History Month 2012, the Workforce Innovation Team has reached out to their partners who specialize...
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Living on a Dime: Small Wages and Large Gender Wage Gap in Restaurant...
By Margaret Kran-Annexstein If I were to tell you that there are workers in the United States being paid $2.13 per hour, you’d probably tell me that that’s impossible because the minimum wage in this...
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STEM Report Points to a Means of Economic Security for Low-Income Women
By Margaret Kran-Annexstein Job opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are some of the fastest-growing industries in the country yet women’s presence in STEM education at...
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States Fight Back Against Pregnancy Discrimination
Lenora M. Lapidus, Director, ACLU Women’s Rights Project, and Ariela Migdal, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Women’s Rights Project, on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a guest blog post that...
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Shining a Light on the Wage Gap
Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, employment discrimination persists but is harder to see. By Dr. Heidi Hartmann When the Equal Pay Act (EPA) was passed 50 years ago, discrimination was, in many...
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