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Trabajadoras domésticas buscan empleo durante la pandemia en EE.UU.

En EE.UU. las mujeres, sobre todo de origen hispano, se vieron afectadas de manera desproporcionada por el desempleo causado por la pandemia. Entre otros obstáculos, el cierre de guarderías infantiles y escuelas obligó a muchas a elegir entre el trabajo y el cuidado de sus [...]

April 17, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , , |

Report: Child-Care Barrier for OR Parents in College

By Eric Tegethoff PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon college students who also are parents often struggle to find affordable child care. New research details the accessibility issues facing about 42,000 student parents or guardians in the state. Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, managing director of the student-parent success [...]

April 15, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: , , , , |

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: , , , , |

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]