What's New

Retirement Insecurity, the Institute's newest report was released on April 30th. The report looks at women aged 65 and older and how they fare in their retirement years. Click here to view the full report: Retirement Insecurity.

Click here to view the Executive Summary.

Click here to view the Fact Sheet.

Click here to view the May 31, 2009 Concord Monitor Op-Ed.

This project is being generously underwritten by the Heinz Foundation and WISER.

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Recently Released

Women Behind Bars: the Needs and Challenges of NH's Increasing Population of Incarcerated Women. This first gender-based report on women in the NH corrections system shows alarming increases in women's arrest, incarceration and recidivism rates. To view the full report, please click here: Women in Justice. This project was generously underwritten by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and New Futures.

Currently Working On...

Barriers to Health Care for Women

We will be releasing a report on the barriers women face in obtaining quality health care as they near retirement. This project is generously underwritten by the Endowment for Health.

2009 Corporate Governance Update

This update will provide current data on women and corporate governance focusing on the hospital and banking industries in NH.

The Well-being of Women and Girls in NH

NH's first comprehensive report on the well-being of women and girls will explore demographic data as well as emerging issues of concern for NH's women and girls. This research is generously being underwritten by the Women's Fund of New Hampshire.