Monthly Archives: October 2009

Working women see a generational shift October 16, 2009: Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., President of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, offers insight into what is happening to women in the workforce and how that is affecting society as a whole. … Continue reading →

Fifteen years ago Congress passed a landmark piece of legislation to address domestic violence and other forms of violence against women. Called the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), this legislation has done a great deal to increase awareness of violence … Continue reading →

IWPR (and the rest of the world) has been tracking data from the online databases for the Current Employment Survey (CES) showing that women are currently 49.9 percent of workers on payrolls for August. These figures are seasonally adjusted and … Continue reading →