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IWPR - Institute for War & Peace Reporting gives voice to people at the frontlines of conflict and transition to help them drive change.
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https://iwpr.org/dc-paid-sick-leave-law-should-be-audited-advocates-say-september-23-2012/
Nearly four years after the District enacted a law that made it mandatory for most workplaces to offer paid sick days to employees, advocacy groups and...
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https://iwpr.org/event/occupational-segregation-and-equal-pay-webinar/
This Equal Pay Today webinar will look at why occupational segregation matters to gender and racial pay equity; legal theories in federal and state statutes...
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https://iwpr.org/why-feminism-still-fits-with-younger-generations-of-women/
Recently younger female role models have been publicly rejecting feminism, but does that reflect the larger reality? By Lily Horton, IWPR Communications Intern...
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https://iwpr.org/one-on-one-with-professor-and-expert-on-women-in-politics-dr-michele-l-swers/
By Caroline Dobuzinskis Throughout this month, IWPR will be interviewing speakers appearing at our 25th anniversary celebration on May 22. Our esteemed...
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https://iwpr.org/iwpr-research-shows-negative-economic-impact-of-abortions-bans-on-state-economies-2/
The Supreme Court today will hear oral arguments on a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and that state officials have used to...
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https://iwpr.org/getting-started-a-handbook-to-address-economic-security-for-survivors/
A Handbook to Address Economic Security for Survivors is a step-by-step tool for transitional housing professionals on how to comprehensively address the...
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https://iwpr.org/we-rate-the-states-the-best-and-worst-places-for-young-women-february-2015/
This exclusive new report spells it all out: which states are best (and worst) for your health, happiness, salary, everything . Let's play a quick game of...
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https://iwpr.org/iwpr-study-director-ariane-hegewisch-participates-in-a-panel-discussion-at-the-woodrow-wilson-international-center-for-scholars/
https://youtu.be/Fvwqk97QLKE IWPR Study Director Ariane Hegewisch participates in a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars....
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https://iwpr.org/5-highest-paid-female-ceos/
By Johnathan Berr "A substantial amount of research out there shows that women are more likely to pursue promotion opportunities and try to advance themselves...
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https://iwpr.org/events/tag/health-and-well-being/list/?tribe-bar-date=2022-12-04
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https://iwpr.org/why-grandmas-aide-earns-so-little-march-12-2013-2/
That's right, people can get away with paying grandma's aide less than $7.25 an hour. Why? Congress decided in 1974 to lump home health aides in with casual...
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https://iwpr.org/2015-annual-report-newsletter/
The amount of research IWPR conducts continues to amaze me considering our staff size.
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https://iwpr.org/women-get-short-straw-for-pay-on-capitol-hill-july-17-2012/
"In the Senate, the gap was even larger. Men working for the Senate GOP leadership earned, on average, $73 more for each day they worked than females in the...
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https://iwpr.org/dramatic-decline-in-employment-hits-women-even-more-severely-than-men/
In the four weeks since mid-March, 20.5 million jobs were lost, according to new payroll data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics this Friday, May...
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https://iwpr.org/ess-project-newsletter-summer-2015/
July 26th marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against those with...
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https://iwpr.org/giving-tuesday-2017/
By Allison Lewis, IWPR Development Coordinator Tuesday, November 28, is #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to recognizing the amazing work nonprofits do through...
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https://iwpr.org/amid-labor-shortages-in-construction-new-reports-expose-failures-in-diversity-and-inclusion/
Separate to the CIOB report and charter, a recent report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) further exposes the hazards faced by women in the...
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https://iwpr.org/job-training-and-support-services-in-the-news-week-of-april-4-2016/
Weekly Roundup of the news on women and supportive services in job training programs. By Asha DuMonthier Job training can provide an entry into...
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https://iwpr.org/supporting-student-parent-recovery-through-state-policy/
Higher education is essential to accessing high-demand jobs with family-supporting wages and improving family financial well-being. This was true before the...
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https://iwpr.org/this-equal-pay-day-women-face-additional-burdens-due-to-the-pandemic/
By Kimberly Adams Today is Equal Pay Day for women. It marks how long into 2021 the average woman would have to work in order to earn the same income as the...
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https://iwpr.org/povertys-new-faces-where-to-draw-the-line-november-12-2011-2/
"It goes back to 1963. A statistician named Mollie Orshansky, working for the Social Security Administration, was asked to come up with a mathematical equation...
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https://iwpr.org/the-pregnancy-assistance-fund-as-a-support-for-student-parents-in-postsecondary-education-2/
Only two states, Minnesota and Virginia, have used their PAF grants to provide services related to postsecondary institutions. This fact sheet describes...
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https://iwpr.org/10-best-paying-cities-for-women-april-14-2013/
"The wage gap between men and women will not close for 45 years, according to new research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research. The group found that...
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https://iwpr.org/what-the-research-says-job-training/
The Trump Administration declared this to be Workforce Development Week, focusing on job training programs, apprenticeships, and improving America's economy....
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https://iwpr.org/women-immigrants-fear-education-and-economics/
This is a guest blog post by Heidi Silver-Pacuilla that was originally posted on the blog for the National Coalition for Literacy. Women make up more than 50...
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https://iwpr.org/event/women-in-sport-the-long-road-to-equity/
Since the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, where 22 women out of 997 athletes participated in 5 sports, the involvement of women in sports has gradually...
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https://iwpr.org/women-pick-up-the-pace-on-jobs-gains-august-13-2012/
Here is what passes for good news about the U.S. employment market today: Women, who lost fewer jobs during the recession than men but have been slower at...
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https://iwpr.org/20-highest-paid-actors-world-include-2-ryans-2-toms-3-women/
By Kathleen Elkins On average, women earn less than men in nearly every single occupation out there. Acting is no exception. According to Forbes, between June...
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https://iwpr.org/childcare-webinar/
By Eve Mefferd Work in the construction trades, with high wages and good benefits for union members, can be a promising path to economic security for women....
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https://iwpr.org/health-care-act-to-boost-rates-of-breastfeeding-among-women/
New provisions under the ACA for expressing breast milk at work will largely impact hourly employees.
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https://iwpr.org/editorial-paid-sick-leave-a-good-law-and-a-good-process-june-23/
Time will tell if abuses still come, or unforeseen problems arise, and the Legislature needs to step in. But history is promising. San Francisco passed a...
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https://iwpr.org/work-supports-for-reducing-maternal-mortality-the-role-of-paid-family-and-medical-leave/
Maternal mortality has been on the rise in the United States since the 1990s and the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any developed...
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https://iwpr.org/the-oscar-winning-artist-and-the-pain-of-mens-job-loss-february-28-2012-2/
"This is not to argue that women do not suffer when they lose jobs. In fact, recent research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research , found that women...
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https://iwpr.org/publications/why-increase-the-minimum-wage/
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Educatoin and the Workforce. Argues that increasing the federal minimum wage and benefit levels...
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https://iwpr.org/author/gina-chirillo/
Gina Chirillo served as the Coordinator in the Office of the President, where she managed daily operations and contributed to research projects, chiefly...
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https://iwpr.org/women-color-low-wage-jobs-overlooked-metoo-moment/
By PR Lockhart For women of color, who are often concentrated at the bottom rungs of the workforce, the damage of those consequences can be intensified by...
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