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The Pandemic’s Economic Toll on Women Has Been Staggering—Now There’s an Estimate on the Price Tag
The Pandemic’s Economic Toll on Women Has Been Staggering—Now There’s an Estimate on the Price Tag

The Pandemic’s Economic Toll on Women Has Been Staggering—Now There’s an Estimate on the Price Tag

By Andrew Keshner All the money that women across the globe missed out on last year due to pandemic-related job losses and childcare obligations is more than the combined value of economies in 98 countries. That’s a new estimate from the global charity Oxfam, which [...]

May 2, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, MarketWatch, Pandemic, Recession, Unemployment, Working Mothers|

Biden’s Proposed Child Care Plan Will Save Families $96 Billion in Year 1, $957B Over 10-years
Biden’s Proposed Child Care Plan Will Save Families $96 Billion in Year 1, $957B Over 10-years

Biden’s Proposed Child Care Plan Will Save Families $96 Billion in Year 1, $957B Over 10-years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Rose | 202-355-3559 | rose@iwpr.org Washington, DC —New analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows childcare investments proposed in the American Families Plan will save families $96 Billion in Year 1 and $957 Billion over 10-years. Families in [...]

April 29, 2021|Categories: IWPR, Press Releases|Tags: American Families Plan, Biden Administration, Child Care|

Biden’s plan would revolutionize American family life
Biden’s plan would revolutionize American family life

Biden’s plan would revolutionize American family life

By Ana Campoy President Joe Biden released his American Families Plan today, a $1.8 trillion package that promises nothing short of rewriting the US’s social contract. If passed, it would insert the government into parts of American life that politicians before him have purposefully avoided, [...]

April 29, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: American Families Plan, Child Care, COVID-19, Paid Leave, Quartz|

Biden Administration Proposes $1.8 trillion Plan for Childcare, Family Leave and Tuition-Free Community College
Biden Administration Proposes $1.8 trillion Plan for Childcare, Family Leave and Tuition-Free Community College

Biden Administration Proposes $1.8 trillion Plan for Childcare, Family Leave and Tuition-Free Community College

The Biden administration has proposed the next big bill on their economic agenda: a $1.8 trillion spending and tax proposal to fund paid family and medical leave, childcare, tuition-free community college, and a variety of other programs. The “American Families Plan” comes on the heels [...]

April 29, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: American Families Plan, COVID-19, Paid Leave, The Takeaway, WNYC Studios, Working Mothers|

The women’s recession isn’t over — especially for moms
The women’s recession isn’t over — especially for moms

The women’s recession isn’t over — especially for moms

By Chabeli Carrazana It struck her one morning last July, when an email arrived from her son’s day care. In a flash of clarity, Emily Way knew her time in the workforce was about to end. The day care that their 2-year-old, Owen, attended was [...]

April 29, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Paid Family Leave, Pandemic, Recession, The 19th, Unemployment, Working Mothers|

Biden’s Tax Plan Includes Paid Leave and Reducing Child-Care Costs for Parents
Biden’s Tax Plan Includes Paid Leave and Reducing Child-Care Costs for Parents

Biden’s Tax Plan Includes Paid Leave and Reducing Child-Care Costs for Parents

By Julia Carpenter On Wednesday, President Biden announced the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. By raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, the plan includes an expansion of the child tax credit, paid parental leave and two years of tuition-free preschool and community college—game-changers for lower-income [...]

April 28, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: American Families Plan, Child Care, Child Tax Credit, COVID-19, Paid Leave, The Wall Street Journal|

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The Pandemic’s Economic Toll on Women Has Been Staggering—Now There’s an Estimate on the Price Tag

Biden’s Proposed Child Care Plan Will Save Families $96 Billion in Year 1, $957B Over 10-years

Biden’s plan would revolutionize American family life

Biden Administration Proposes $1.8 trillion Plan for Childcare, Family Leave and Tuition-Free Community College

The women’s recession isn’t over — especially for moms

Biden’s Tax Plan Includes Paid Leave and Reducing Child-Care Costs for Parents

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