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The Pandemic Worsened Inequities for Working Women. What Now?
The Pandemic Worsened Inequities for Working Women. What Now?

The Pandemic Worsened Inequities for Working Women. What Now?

By Christine Smith “All this data that we've seen in these groups that have been disproportionately hit, it's really just been COVID highlighting and exacerbating existing inequities,” says Ana Hernández Kent, senior researcher at the St. Louis Fed’s Institute for Economic Equity. She joins Meredith [...]

April 14, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Gender Wage Gap, Pandemic, Shecession|

Young Women Are Dropping Out of School and Work. Is Caregiving the Culprit?
Young Women Are Dropping Out of School and Work. Is Caregiving the Culprit?

Young Women Are Dropping Out of School and Work. Is Caregiving the Culprit?

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A year into the pandemic, there are signs that the American economy is stirring back to life, with a falling unemployment rate and a growing number of people back at work. Even mothers — who left their jobs in droves in [...]

April 8, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Caregiving, COVID-19, Jobs, Pandemic, Race and Ethnicity, Recession, The New York Times, Unemployment, Young Women|

New IWPR Report Highlights the Systemic Challenges Young Women of Color Are Facing in the COVID-19 Pandemic
New IWPR Report Highlights the Systemic Challenges Young Women of Color Are Facing in the COVID-19 Pandemic

New IWPR Report Highlights the Systemic Challenges Young Women of Color Are Facing in the COVID-19 Pandemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 6, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | weber@iwpr.org | (646) 719-7021 Washington, D.C. – A new study, Out of Work, Taking on Care: Young Women Face Mounting Challenges in the “She-cession" from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that longstanding [...]

April 6, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Care Infrastructure, COVID-19, Jobs, Pandemic, Race and Ethnicity, Recession, Unemployment, Young Women|

Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.
Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.

Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.

By Keya Vakil As the coronavirus pandemic wrecked the economy last March, Maria Lopez—like millions of many other Americans—lost her job. The travel and leisure sectors came to a screeching halt, and Lopez, 53, was furloughed from her job as a room attendant at the [...]

April 5, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: American Rescue Plan, Biden Administration, COVID-19, Dogwood, Pandemic, Recession, Working Mothers|

Americans Are Getting Back to Work, but Job Growth is Twice as High For Men Than For Women, and the Gender Jobs Deficit Widens
Americans Are Getting Back to Work, but Job Growth is Twice as High For Men Than For Women, and the Gender Jobs Deficit Widens

Americans Are Getting Back to Work, but Job Growth is Twice as High For Men Than For Women, and the Gender Jobs Deficit Widens

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Rose | 202-355-3559 | rose@iwpr.org Washington, DC — While new Employment Situation data for March from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 315,000 increase in women’s jobs on payroll (34.4% of all added jobs), IWPR analysis of BLS data [...]

April 2, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Job Recovery, Jobs Day, March|

A year into COVID, child care issues still affect mothers’ employment
A year into COVID, child care issues still affect mothers’ employment

A year into COVID, child care issues still affect mothers’ employment

By Meghan McCarty Carino The economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women when it comes to job losses, and in particular mothers with young kids, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. Industries that employ a lot [...]

April 2, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Marketplace, Pandemic, Recession, Working Mothers|

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The Pandemic Worsened Inequities for Working Women. What Now?

Young Women Are Dropping Out of School and Work. Is Caregiving the Culprit?

New IWPR Report Highlights the Systemic Challenges Young Women of Color Are Facing in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.

Americans Are Getting Back to Work, but Job Growth is Twice as High For Men Than For Women, and the Gender Jobs Deficit Widens

A year into COVID, child care issues still affect mothers’ employment

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