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Historically, black women have been leaders in organizing against social injustices and securing rights for their communities. Their efforts were essential to the women's suffrage movement and the Voting Rights Act, and they are currently at work to change discriminatory laws that lessen their ability to participate in our nation's political system. The status of black women is the focus of a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. The report aims to develop new policies and legislation that contribute to the overall well-being of black women, and it gives solutions for amplifying their voices across the nation.
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A 2014 IWPR report said that 4.8 million undergraduate students are raising children. And a 2013 IWPR study showed that more than half of student-parents leave school after 6 years without finishing their degrees.
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Over time, the pay gap between men and women has decreased, but it's snail-like progress. According to an estimate by the IWPR, "... if change continues at the same slow pace as it has done for the past 50 years, it will take 44 years — or until 2059 — for women to finally reach pay parity." Women are the primary breadwinners in 40 percent of America's families, so this disparity affects millions of kids and dependent adults as well.
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If there were no pay gap, working women and their families would have an additional $447.6 billion in earnings, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
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About half of all employees say they are either prohibited or discouraged from discussing compensation, even though they have a legal right to do so. That makes it incredibly difficult for women or other marginalized groups to discover whether they're being unfairly paid less than their colleagues.
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The Institute for Women's Policy Research, for example, has tracked statistics on the subject for decades. It found that the rates and/or levels of poverty, employment and health care for women have either remained relatively stagnant or backslid since 1994.
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Parents of young children can’t continue to go it alone. “We need an entire infrastructure to support working families as a whole,” says Ariane Hegewisch, program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
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“Enacting these kinds of state laws shows that the world doesn’t collapse when we create additional protections against gender discrimination in the workplace, which is often the argument from opponents at the national level,” said Ariane Hegewisch, the program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
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Women are listed as the primary inventor on fewer than 8 percent of US patents, according to an analysis conducted by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Overall, the report adds, only 18.8 percent of all patents in 2010 had at least one female inventor listed, though that's up from 3.4 percent in 1977.
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Since 1977, women have quintupled their representation among patent holders, yet they still hold “an extremely small share of patents,” according to a new paperby the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Four decades ago, 3 percent of all patents listed at least one woman inventor. As of 2010, nearly 19 percent of patents did. Overall, more than 81 percent of patents include no women.
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In 2013 Urbanik worked closely with Angie Taylor at Gateway Community and Technical College in Northern Kentucky to create a 16-week program for women to earn certification to work in manufacturing jobs called “Raise the Floor.” It’s become a model for best practices, soon to be featured in a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, according to Taylor’s successor, Carissa Schutzman, vice president of Gateway Corporate College.
She describes the four pillars of Raise the Floor: recruit, train, place and support.
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According to Ariane Hegewisch, a study director for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, females make the decision to steer clear of sciences at a young age.
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A new briefing paper by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) compiles more than a dozen scholarly and policy research articles that demonstrate a compelling case for the health, economic, and social benefits of paid sick leave. The report cites studies showing that paid sick days are associated with benefits to employers, including reduced contagion in the workplace, improved productivity, decreased workplace injuries, and lower employee turnover. Studies also show employment benefits to workers, including greater job stability and labor force attachment.
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Idaho can and should do better. In a recent national study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “Status of Women in the States: 2015”, Idaho ranked 50th overall on the status of women.
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According to a study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, women working full time in Massachusetts earn 81 cents for every dollar men earn.
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“’The Economic Status of Women in Colorado,’ by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and funded by The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, found that while women have made progress toward economic equality over the years, they still lag behind men in several ways”
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