In "Status of Women in the States" from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, New Jersey missed the cut to be on the list of the best states for women. However, the state did score quite well on most of the included indicators, which were tracked over the years since 2004.
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After a legislative session in which the state passed harsh new abortion restrictions and failed yet again to expand Medicaid, advocates say it's no surprise Missouri earned failing grades in a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
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Women-owned businesses may be growing in number, but they don't make much money.
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Even though women’s real earnings have increased by 30 percent in the past 30 years and men’s earnings have remained largely the same, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates most of the country is still decades away from closing the gender wage gap.
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Reports like the “Status of Women 2015” are effective tools to inform and influence public dialogue and policy of the issues facing women in our community, reaffirming the work that needs to be done.
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Women make up the bulk of caretakers and even if they’re acting in an unofficial capacity, the requirements of caring for someone else can force many women to reduce their participation in the labor force. According to a recent report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, women are nine times more likely to report working part-time due to family caregiving needs. They are also three times as likely as their male counterparts to leave the workforce entirely as a result of the demands of caring for a relative.
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It underscored a theme of the conference organized to unpack the 2015 Status of Women in the States report by IWPR: Women’s political destinies and their economic fortunes are inextricably linked. IWPR’s report looked at women’s political participation and economic policies that disproportionately affected women, and the picture was pretty bleak.
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A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research rates the states on how they support working parents. How did your state do?
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Minnesota is the best state for women in America. That’s according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a nonprofit that on Wednesday published the final two reports in a sprawling seven-part series exploring how women are faring in the states. The “Status of Women in the States” series, an update on a set of reports from 2004, represents an ambitious attempt to quantify gender inequality in the states—and provide fodder for the national discussion.
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As a country, the United States is the only developed nation that doesn’t guarantee paid family leave or paid sick days, and it ranks toward the bottom for how much it spends on early childhood education. But things are even spottier at the state level.
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