Resources

NHWPI collaborates with other institutions who share our interest in policy issues concerning women.  

On the national level, a number of institutions provide research and data on issues affecting women nationwide, including:

• The Institute for Women’s Policy Research
• The Wellesley Centers for Women

For health data on New Hampshire women:

• The Kaiser Foundation state-by-state data on women's health

Below are links to the websites of some of our collaborators in New Hampshire:

• University of New Hampshire / Whittemore School of Business
• The Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire
• The Women’s Fund of New Hampshire
• The New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women
• The Women’s Business Center
• The Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire
• Leadership New Hampshire
• The New Hampshire Women’s Lobby

• NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

The following other organizations also provide research and information on public policy issues in New Hampshire:

• The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
• The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy

 

Quick Facts

» Forty-seven percent of New Hampshire’s managers and professionals are women.

» Fifty-eight percent of New Hampshire’s recent 4-year college graduates are female.

» Forty-seven percent of the full- and part-time workforce in New Hampshire is female.

» Women own 25% of the businesses in New Hampshire.

» New Hampshire ranks 12th nationally in terms of the average receipts for women-owned businesses.