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Pages in category "Women's education in Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a non-profit research organization based in Washington, D.C. [2] Founded in 1987 by Heidi Hartmann, [3] IWPR works to increase public understanding of how social and government policies impede gender equality. [4]
In 1990, women's labor force participation in the US was 74% compared to the non-US average of 67.1%, ranking the US 6th out of 22. In 2010, women's participation increased slightly to 75.2% in the US, while the non-US average jumped more than 12 percentage points to 79.5%. As a result, US women ranked 17th out of 22 countries only 20 years later.
We should see more women running for office and winning. Texas women are active politically. They vote. In the 2020 presidential election, 6.3 million Texas women voted, compared with 5.6 million men.
Gov. Greg Abbott attended the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's conference to deliver remarks on the state of higher education in Texas now.
According to PISA 2015 results, 4.8% of boys and 0.4% of girls expect an ICT career. [40]Studies suggest that many factors contribute to the attitudes towards the achievement of young men in mathematics and science, including encouragement from parents, interactions with mathematics and science teachers, curriculum content, hands-on laboratory experiences, high school achievement in ...
A group of Texas parents are banding together to push back on book bans in school districts across the state.. The Texas Freedom to Read Project, a coalition of parents from across the state ...
Women's education has cognitive benefits for women as well. [13] Improved cognitive abilities increase the quality of life for women [ 12 ] and also lead to other benefits. One example of this is the fact that educated women are better able to make decisions related to health, both for themselves and their children. [ 13 ]