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‘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 any trouble understanding an assignment. Between his reading, math and [...]
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 enough to worry about, experts are now sounding the alarm [...]
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 expectation that women are responsible for child care. From Chabeli Carrrazana, writing [...]
Why Do We Need International Equal Pay Day?
By Benjamin Laker Campaigns for equality are occurring in all industries across the world, because male leaders continue to be paid more than women, in many instances, for exactly the same responsibility. And so, last week, the United Nations initiated the first-ever International Equal Pay [...]
COVID-19 recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality.
To dig out of the coronavirus economic crisis and to ensure an even recovery, we will have to go big.
Life was already challenging for student parents; COVID-19 made it much more difficult
The pandemic halted many resources that student parents need to succeed: on-campus child care centers, in-person study groups, internet access and in-person K-12 education for their kids By Sara Israelsen-Hartley SALT LAKE CITY — Kelsie Rose Kealoha doesn’t like to cry in front of her kids. [...]