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Facing dual challenges of work and home-schooling, more women are sacrificing their careers
Facing dual challenges of work and home-schooling, more women are sacrificing their careers

Facing dual challenges of work and home-schooling, more women are sacrificing their careers

As virtual schooling ramps up in some areas, women are being forced to make the choice between caring for their children or prioritizing their own career.

October 5, 2020|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, NBC News, Pandemic, Unemployment|

‘This Is Too Much’: Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic
‘This Is Too Much’: Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic

‘This Is Too Much’: Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic

By ANDREA HSU Youli Lee is proud of the years she worked for the U.S. government, prosecuting cybercrime in some of the world's darkest places. These days, she's the one hiding out — mostly from [...]

September 30, 2020|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, NPR, Pandemic|

Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic
Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

By: Tim Henderson Mothers of small children have lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic, a situation that threatens not only progress toward gender equity but middle-class income gains that have [...]

September 28, 2020|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Pandemic, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Unemployment, Working Mothers|

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year
‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel By 7:45 a.m., A’Ja Ross, 26, helps her son, Ti’Andre Williams, log in to his fourth-grade class at Perrywood Elementary School in Largo, Md. She stays close by in case he has [...]

September 28, 2020|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI, The Washington Post|

Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace
Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

Improvements in gender equality in the workplace may be another casualty of the coronavirus, as women find their place in the work force more at risk. By Amanda Taub As if working mothers did not have [...]

September 26, 2020|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Paid Family Leave, Pandemic, The New York Times NYT|

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic
Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

Listen to the Radio Interview Due to the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, women are leaving their jobs or scaling back work responsibilities at alarming rates. And in part, it’s because of the still-ingrained [...]

September 24, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Equal Pay / Pay Equity, NPR, Pandemic, Press EPD|

Facing dual challenges of work and home-schooling, more women are sacrificing their careers

‘This Is Too Much’: Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic

Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

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