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Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us
Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us

Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us

BY ELIANA DOCKTERMAN When women leave work—even for just a year, as many mothers are considering now—their long-term earning potential plummets. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducted a study that found the earnings over time of women who took just a year off work between 2001 and [...]

October 15, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Time Magazine, Unemployment|

Can one recession set back years of progress?
Can one recession set back years of progress?

Can one recession set back years of progress?

By Business Casual By the end of April of this year, women’s job losses had erased a decade of employment gains...in a matter of months. The numbers for people of color are no less disheartening. But why? How did we end up in a recession [...]

October 8, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Business Casual, COVID-19, Morning Brew, Recession|

Economic Progress Stalls for Women
Economic Progress Stalls for Women

Economic Progress Stalls for Women

Jobs data show substantially slowed growth since September. For the first time in the COVID-19 recession, women have gained fewer jobs than men.

October 2, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year
‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

‘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 [...]

September 28, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI, The Washington Post|

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic
Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

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 [...]

September 24, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Equal Pay / Pay Equity, NPR, Pandemic, Press EPD|

Why Do We Need International Equal Pay Day?
Why Do We Need International Equal Pay Day?

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 [...]

September 24, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Equal Pay / Pay Equity, Forbes, International Equal Pay Day, Press EPD|

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Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us

Can one recession set back years of progress?

Economic Progress Stalls for Women

‘It’s a lot to juggle’: College students with children are overwhelmed this school year

Pay, Promotions And Workplace Equity During (And After) The Pandemic

Why Do We Need International Equal Pay Day?

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