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Why Equal Pay Day For Moms Will Be Later Next Year
Why Equal Pay Day For Moms Will Be Later Next Year

Why Equal Pay Day For Moms Will Be Later Next Year

By Rebekah Bastian The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Since childcare centers and schools have closed down due to Covid-19, a study by Cleo found that more than 50% of families surveyed do not have childcare, and 20% of families are [...]

June 4, 2020|Tags: Equal Pay / Pay Equity, Equal Pay Day, Forbes, Press EPD, Working Mothers|

A Decade’s Worth of Progress for Working Women Evaporated Overnight
A Decade’s Worth of Progress for Working Women Evaporated Overnight

A Decade’s Worth of Progress for Working Women Evaporated Overnight

By Shelly Banjo Men have not been spared, but preliminary research suggests women have been impacted disproportionately. The pandemic has already ushered in the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression. Last year, women made [...]

June 3, 2020|Tags: Bloomberg, COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.
America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

By Bryce Covert Now everyone knows teachers, child care providers, and health aides are essential workers. Will that finally get them the pay and protections they deserve? Care work, said Purdue University history professor Tithi Bhattacharya, [...]

June 1, 2020|Tags: Care Work, COVID-19, Pandemic, The Nation|

Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID
Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID

Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID

by ABBY J. LEIBMAN and LIZA LIEBERMAN For activists like us, it comes as no surprise that those who are most affected by these hostile actions are women—working women on the front lines as the majority of service workers, women [...]

May 29, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Ms., Pandemic|

With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says
With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says

With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says

By Katie Kindelan via During the coronavirus pandemic, more than 38 million Americans have filed for unemployment insurance -- and for the first time in history, the nation's unemployment claims have a largely female, non-white face to [...]

May 28, 2020|Tags: ABC News, Recession, Unemployment|

Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses
Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses

Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses

By: Tim Henderson In April, the number of single mothers with jobs was 22% lower than it was a year ago, compared with a 9% employment decline for other families with children, according to the analysis. [...]

May 26, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Single Mothers, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Unemployment|

Why Equal Pay Day For Moms Will Be Later Next Year

A Decade’s Worth of Progress for Working Women Evaporated Overnight

America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.

Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID

With women’s unemployment sky high, this recession is a ‘shecession,’ expert says

Single Mothers Hit Hard by Job Losses

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