By Stephanie Ebbert Policymakers and advocates worry coronavirus crisis will set women back In Massachusetts, women made up 53 percent of those who filed new unemployment claims between March 15 and April 25 — a big [...]

By: Kathryn Diss Female unemployment rate hits 15 per cent "It is a she-cession," said Institute for Women's Policy Research president, C Nicole Mason. "What I mean by that is that women have been disproportionately [...]

By: Adriana Belmonte “As we all go to shelter in place, women are not as able to go to shelter in place, because they’re more in hospitality industries, a lot of the essential workers,” Krawcheck [...]

By AUDREY ANDREWS “We should go ahead and call this a ‘she-cession.’” — C. Nicole Mason, president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research The word “shecession” appeared in the The New York [...]

By Sarah Chaney and Lauren Weber Women also are likely to find themselves at a disadvantage once lockdown measures are eased and companies start rehiring staff. The reason: Thousands of day-care facilities have shut down, [...]