FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2025 CONTACT: Tonya Williams, williams@iwpr.org IWPR Launches Brief Series on One Big Beautiful Bill's Threat to Women's Economic Security Washington, DC – The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), a leading national think tank advancing women’s equity for nearly four decades, today announced the launch of a new [...] The post IWPR Launches Brief Series on One Big Beautiful Bill’s Threat to Women’s Economic Security appeared first ...| IWPR
In July 2025, President Trump signed the Republican-led H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) into law. The new law is a sweeping tax and spending package that forgoes trillions in federal revenues to award tax cuts to the wealthy while stripping essential care and protections from women and families. While implementation of [...] The post Threats to College Affordability: Impacts of the OBBB on Women and Families appeared first on IWPR.| IWPR
Student parents—college students with dependent children—are highly motivated to succeed in college. They pursue degrees not only to achieve economic mobility for themselves but also to secure a better future for their children. Despite their high aspirations, they encounter significant barriers that contribute to frequent stop-outs—withdrawing from college for some period and returning later. [...] The post Motivated but Underserved: Supporting Student Parents on the Path to a Bachelor...| IWPR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2025 CONTACT: Chandler Rollins, rollins@iwpr.org Washington, DC – Analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that in 2024, the gender wage gap worsened as women who worked full-time year-round were paid just 80.9 cents for every dollar a man makes. This is down from 82.7 cents [...] The post IWPR’s New National Annual Women’s Wage Gap Analysis Shows Second Consecutive Year of Decline appeared first on IWPR.| IWPR
In 2024, women working full-time year-round made 80.9 cents per dollar earned by men (a wage gap of 19.1 percent)—a significant worsening of the gender earnings ratio compared to 82.7 cents per dollar in 2023 (a wage gap of 17.3 percent). This is the biggest annual drop in the gender earnings ratio since 1966, [...] The post Gender Wage Gap Worsens for Second Year in a Row appeared first on IWPR.| IWPR
The following is a statement from Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, on Dr. Lisa Cook “Dr. Lisa Cook has a long and distinguished career in both the public and private sector, and as the first black woman appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, she [...] The post IWPR Statement on Dr. Lisa Cook and the Federal Reserve appeared first on IWPR.| IWPR
For individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and/or asexual (LGBTQIA+), centuries of deep-rooted bias and discrimination have created cycles of interconnected challenges that persist today. In the first blog of this series, we explored the mental and physical effects that workplace discrimination has on LGBTQIA+ people, especially those with intersecting identities. Our [...] The post Data Under Threat: Why Undercounting LGBTQIA+ Workers Fuels Inequalit...| IWPR
Re: Comments for RIN 1205-AC21, Prohibiting Illegal Discrimination in Registered Apprenticeship Programs (Submitted via regulations.gov) I. Introduction On behalf of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), I am writing to submit comments in response to the recent notice of proposed rulemaking, Prohibiting Illegal Discrimination in Registered Apprenticeship Programs, RIN 1205-AC21. Read the full [...] The post Comments for RIN 1205-AC21, Prohibiting Illegal Discrimination in Regist...| IWPR
Washington, DC (September 2, 2025) — The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) submitted comments today to the US Department of Labor (DOL) opposing its proposed rule to rescind and drastically revise the DOL’s Office of Apprenticeship Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements, which help ensure that women can benefit from and have equal access [...] The post IWPR Reacts to the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor Proposed Regulations to Undermine Critical Nondiscri...| IWPR
This report was commissioned by the North Carolina Council for Women and Youth Involvement (CFWYI), an advocacy division housed in the North Carolina Department of Administration, and the North Carolina Council for Women (the Council), a group of 20 gubernatorial appointees who advise the governor, General Assembly, and state agencies on the status of [...] The post Investing in Economic Opportunity for Women in North Carolina appeared first on IWPR.| IWPR
After treading water through two years of pandemic-related student loan forbearance, people with student debt are due to resume payments on May 1, 2022, a shift that will leave many to drown. Student debt is a crisis in the United States, and one that disproportionately impacts women and people of color. Achieving economic mobility—or even| IWPR - Institute for Women's Policy Research
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Two-generation (2Gen) programs and policies create opportunities that allow adults and the children in their lives to build on each other’s successes. Ensuring that both parents and children have access to affordable, high-quality educational opportunities, for example, is a core component of a 2Gen approach. Investments in the postsecondary success of parents with young children can increase attainment of credentials leading to good jobs, bring children the benefits of high-quality learnin...| IWPR - Institute for Women's Policy Research