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Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Chartbook on Women’s Progress

In a recent report commissioned by the AARP Public Policy Institute as part of its Future of Work@50+ Initiative, IWPR researchers review the changes that have taken place in women's lives over the past several decades from the vantage point of five different generational cohorts. Trends examined include: educational attainment and student debt, the gender wage gap, occupational segregation and job polarization, the need for work-family supports, and changes in retirement expectations. The report also identifies coming trends and the changes in policies that will be needed to get to a place of true gender equality and economic security for women.

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Changing the Conversation on Women's Status

IWPR's Status of Women in the States: 2015 helped shape the conversation on women in 2015. IWPR’s brand new video shows the dialogue the Institute sparks through its credible, rigorous research on the status of women in the United States. Watch and share video on Youtube now.

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New! IWPR Blog Series on Job Training and Support Services in the News

Job training can provide an entry into family-sustaining jobs and careers. Many women in job training programs, however, face obstacles to success. Wraparound services—such as child care assistance, access to public benefits, and transportation or housing assistance—can help adults, particularly those with caregiving responsibilities, to complete programs that will ultimately improve their economic standing.

>> Check out IWPR’s Femchat blog for a weekly roundup of news on women and supportive services in job training programs and click here to learn more about the project.

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IWPR IN THE NEWS

Paid Leave

Elle quoted IWPR Study Director Jeff Hayes in “Universal Paid Family Leave Became Buzzy in 2015. Did it Become Realistic?” (December 11, 2015).

IWPR Study Director Jeff Hayes was quoted in an RH Reality Check article “Portland City Employees to Get Paid Parental Leave” (December 8, 2015).

Washington Business Journal quotes IWPR Vice President & Executive Director Barbara Gault in an article, “D.C. Chamber, Board of Trade Seek Answers on Paid Leave Proposal (December 2, 2015).

WAMU highlights an IWPR study on D.C. paid family leave in “Vital Benefit, Or Job Killer? Sweeping D.C. Paid-Leve Bill Gets First Council Test” (December 2, 2015).

MarketWatch cited an IWPR report on paid family leave in “Nearly two-thirds of American Workers Don’t Take Paid Parental Leave” (November 20, 2015).

Jobs and Women in the Workforce

The Washington Post cites IWPR research in an article “Labor Department Announces New Aid for Ballooning Child-care Costs” covering the U.S. Department of Labor's announcement of $25 million in grants that will be awarded to job training programs that provide access to quality child-care (December 17, 2015).

Quartz cited IWPR analysis on the gender wage gap in “Fewer Women in the U.S. are Going to Work—and That’s Good for Gender Equality” (December 15, 2015).  

An article in Fast Company, “Bad News: The Gender Gap is Widening in the C-Suite at Major Public Companies,” cited IWPR’s projection on the year in which the gender wage gap will close (December 14, 2015).

Vox links to IWPR in “The CEO Gender Gap, in 3 Depressing Charts” (December 13, 2015).

Truthout quoted IWPR President Heidi Hartmann in “What Does Hillary Clinton’s Caregiver Proposal Really Accomplish for Domestic Workers?” (December 9, 2015).

IWPR President Heidi Hartmann joined MPR News with Kerri Miller to discuss women in the workplace in “What Japan Can Teach the U.S. about Women in the Workplace” (December 9, 2015).

Forbes cites IWPR’s monthly jobs analysis in “Women Make Jobs Progress But Still Lag, and Minority Women are Left Behind” (December 8, 2015).

Fortune quoted IWPR Vice President and Executive Director Barbara Gault in “What Hurts Working Women Most, Going Childless or Having Kids” (December 4, 2015).

Status of Women in the States

IWPR Research Associate Julie Anderson joined Time Warner Cable News Capital Tonight to discuss the status of women in North Carolina and across the country (December 3, 2015).

KSL.com cited IWPR research on high school graduation rates of women in Utah in “Understanding Utah’s Wage Gap is the First Step in Closing it” (November 29, 2015).

Jasper County Sun Times quoted IWPR Study Director Ariane Hegewisch in “South Carolina Women Suffer Larger Gender Pay Gap” (November 30, 2015.)