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The pandemic has derailed women’s careers and livelihoods. Is America giving up on them?
The pandemic has derailed women’s careers and livelihoods. Is America giving up on them?

The pandemic has derailed women’s careers and livelihoods. Is America giving up on them?

By Maria Aspan and Emma Hinchliffe In early 2020, just before the first U.S. patient was diagnosed with COVID-19, women crossed a major employment milestone. The labor market was booming. Health care, education, and other service sectors largely staffed by female workers were racing to [...]

January 29, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Economic Recession, Fortune, Jobs|

New study finds moving women into manufacturing, trade and technical jobs will speed recovery efforts, raise earnings, and cut poverty in New Orleans
New study finds moving women into manufacturing, trade and technical jobs will speed recovery efforts, raise earnings, and cut poverty in New Orleans

New study finds moving women into manufacturing, trade and technical jobs will speed recovery efforts, raise earnings, and cut poverty in New Orleans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2021 Contact: Contact: Erin Weber | 646-719-7021 | weber@iwpr.org Moving women into manufacturing, trade and technical jobs will speed recovery efforts, raise earnings, and cut poverty in New Orleans, new study finds Women in New Orleans are missing from high-wage [...]

January 26, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: COVID-19, Jobs, Pandemic|

Black & Latinx Women Hit Hardest By Job Loss — Let’s Talk About Why
Black & Latinx Women Hit Hardest By Job Loss — Let’s Talk About Why

Black & Latinx Women Hit Hardest By Job Loss — Let’s Talk About Why

By Sa'iyda Shabazz When COVID hit and the stay-at-home orders began, some women were losing their jobs due to closures, while others were forced out to care for their families as schools and daycares closed. In December, a report was released showing that women accounted [...]

January 21, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Recession, Scary Mommy, Unemployment|

IWPR Statement on the Establishment of Council for Gender Policy, and Appointees
IWPR Statement on the Establishment of Council for Gender Policy, and Appointees

IWPR Statement on the Establishment of Council for Gender Policy, and Appointees

IWPR Statement—We applaud the Biden administration's establishment of the Council for Gender Policy and the appointments of Jennifer Klein, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer, Times Up and Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden to co-lead the office. Employing an intersectional framework, the Council [...]

January 19, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|

JPMorgan Sees Biden’s Stimulus Cutting Unemployment to Less Than 5% by Year End
JPMorgan Sees Biden’s Stimulus Cutting Unemployment to Less Than 5% by Year End

JPMorgan Sees Biden’s Stimulus Cutting Unemployment to Less Than 5% by Year End

by Juliana Kaplan In December 2020, the unemployment rate was 6.7%. December also saw a surprise decline of 140,000 jobs on nonfarm payrolls, with 10 million Americans still unemployed. That unemployment rate is still just a percentage of the pandemic's peak of 14.7%. In her [...]

January 19, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Business Insider, COVID-19, Pandemic, Recession, Unemployment|

Will Biden’s Stimulus Package Help Reverse the ‘Shecession’?
Will Biden’s Stimulus Package Help Reverse the ‘Shecession’?

Will Biden’s Stimulus Package Help Reverse the ‘Shecession’?

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta From the get go, this economic crisis has been markedly different from previous ones: It wasn’t caused by geopolitical or financial forces, and it disproportionately affected women. A bulk of the jobs that vanished at the start of the coronavirus pandemic [...]

January 18, 2021|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Jobs, Pandemic, The New York Times NYT, Unemployment|

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The pandemic has derailed women’s careers and livelihoods. Is America giving up on them?

New study finds moving women into manufacturing, trade and technical jobs will speed recovery efforts, raise earnings, and cut poverty in New Orleans

Black & Latinx Women Hit Hardest By Job Loss — Let’s Talk About Why

IWPR Statement on the Establishment of Council for Gender Policy, and Appointees

JPMorgan Sees Biden’s Stimulus Cutting Unemployment to Less Than 5% by Year End

Will Biden’s Stimulus Package Help Reverse the ‘Shecession’?

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