Please join us tomorrow for an important event on the state of the U.S. care infrastructure and policy solutions for the future.

IWPR and our partners, American University Program on Gender Analysis in Economics and the Carework Network, invite you to join us for this exciting and timely event: 

The U.S. Care Infrastructure: From Promise to Reality

March 4–5, 2022

Live in Washington, DC, and Online

This important conference will convene academics, policy researchers, advocates, and policymakers to explore critical issues and policy proposals for the care industry, including paid family and medical leave, care for older adults and people with disabilities, child care issues, and racial/equity issues in the industry.

This amazing event will feature more than 54 confirmed speakers spanning two plenary sessions and six workshops. Speakers include:

  • Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo
  • Wendy Chun-Hoon, Director, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
  • Nancy Folbre, Professor Emerita of Economics and Director of the Program on Gender and Care Work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Jocelyn Frye, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
  • Josephine Kalipeni, Executive Director, Family Values @ Work

We hope you can join us!

Hybrid Format: This event will be accessible online and in-person at AU Washington School of Law in Washington, DC.



More information here


Institute for Women's Policy Research

1200 18th Street NW, Suite 301

Washington DC, 20036

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