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- EIN 52-1549572
- 202-785-5100
- 1200 18th St NW Ste 301 Washington DC 20036 USA
- http://www.iwpr.org
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Causes: Civil Rights, Public & Societal Benefit, Science & Technology, Technology, Women, Womens Rights
Mission: Informing Policy. Inspiring Change. Improving Lives. The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. The Institute works with policymakers, scholars, and public interest groups to sign, execute, and disseminate research that illuminates economic and social policy issues affecting women and their families, and to build a network of individuals and organizations that conduct and use women-oriented policy research. Key program areas include: Employment, Education, & Economic Change; Democracy & Society; Poverty, Welfare, & Income Security; Work & Family; and Health & Safety. IWPR's work is supported by foundation grants, government grants and contracts, donations from individuals, and contributions from organizations and corporations. IWPR is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization that also works in affiliation with the women's studies and public policy programs at The George Washington University.
Results: IWPR’s research fuels debate, informs policy and programmatic priorities, and improves women’s lives. IWPR's research has helped policymakers, advocates, community leaders, and the media separate myth from fact for almost 25 years. By providing rigorous and reliable data analysis, IWPR has worked each year to shine a light on misleading information and provide credible information on overlooked populations. For instance, IWPR's research has shown that: •Hispanic women earn only 53 percent of what white men earn for full-time, year-round work. African American women earn only 62 percent. Women of all races earn 77 percent of what men earn for full-time, year-round work. Updated twice per year, IWPR’s Gender Wage Gap Fact Sheet is used by advocates and policymakers to build support for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act. •Nearly half of private sector workers lack paid sick days. Businesses like restaurants, nursing homes, and child care centers are among the least likely to provide any paid sick days, putting the public at increased risk of contagion. IWPR's series of reports and testimonies on paid sick days have been used nationally and in individual states to support campaigns for paid sick days. •The poverty of families headed by single mothers would fall by half if the wage gap were eliminated. IWPR's Equal Pay for Working Families report from 1999 was used to introduce pay equity legislation in the states. IWPR’s work and experts are cited and appear regularly in almost a thousand media sources each year, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, television news, and internet media outlets such as The Huffington Post.
Programs: Employment, Education, & Economic Change; Democracy & Society; Poverty, Welfare, & Income Security; Work & Family; and Health & Safety. Current research includes Unemployment & the Economy, STEM at Community Colleges, Status of Women & Girls, Retirement & Social Security, and Family Leave & Paid Sick Days.