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Data in Service to Community

Founded in 2019, the CLASS Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality is the first university-based think tank on gender and sexuality in our region. Focused on Houston and Harris County, our researchers examine the many challenges around these matters now facing individuals, policymakers, businesses and the community.

News

  • IRWGS report spurs investment in DV infrastructure

    spurs investment in

  • Houston Recognizes Equal Pay Day: A Call for Progress on the Gender Wage Gap

    Houston Recognizes Equal Pay Day: A Call for Progress on the Gender Wage Gap

  • MaryRoss Taylor gifted the University $1 million to establish an endowed professorship in the聽Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality.

  • Parenting Pay and Federally Funded online tutoring as the solution for overwhelmed work/school- from-home parents and students.

  • Can large scale online learning be an opportunity for creating education equity?

  • A case for universal income as we work towards building an economy of care.

  • Latinx undocumented mothers have limited or no access to healthcare, though COVID death rates among minority communities remain high.

  • The Covid infection rate is higher among women than men among healthcare workers, even as women continue to bear the burden of home care-giving. Families need to step up on care-sharing, and equitable healthcare policies are needed.

  • This analysis of 11 Texas cities finds that frontline workers in the pandemic are predominantly women and people of color.

  • - Barbie Brashear, Elizabeth Gregory, Alicia Nuzzie

    Op-ed calls for coordinated action to flatten the curve on domestic violence as DV cases spike under stay-at-home orders in pandemic.

  • Op-ed offers a route for fixing gender inequality by addressing local Houston pay gaps by gender and race.

  • SGP is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the social, political, and cultural dimensions of sexuality, as well as policy-relevant research on issues related to sexual health, sexual rights, and sexuality education.

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PODCAST

Good data is needed to inform good policy. But what is good data and how is data inflected by who we are? Join Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (UH-IRWGS) and Dr. Shreela Sharma (UT-SPH) as they and their guests parse out the complexities of Houston and Harris County data as it relates to intersectional gender and sexuality dynamics. Topics include health, economics, childcare, violence, workforce issues and more.

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Good data is needed to inform good policy. But what is good data and how is data inflected by who we are? Join Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (UH-IRWGS) and Dr. Shreela Sharma (UT-SPH) as they and their guests parse out the complexities of Houston and Harris County data as it relates to intersectional gender and sexuality dynamics. Topics include health, economics, childcare, violence, workforce issues and more.