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Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic
Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

By: Tim Henderson Mothers of small children have lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic, a situation that threatens not only progress toward gender equity but middle-class income gains that have become increasingly dependent on working women. Mothers of children 12 [...]

September 28, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Pandemic, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Unemployment, Working Mothers|

‘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|

Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace
Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

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 [...]

September 26, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Paid Family Leave, Pandemic, The New York Times NYT|

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|

COVID-19 recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality.
COVID-19 recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality.

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.

September 23, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment, USA Today|

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Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

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

Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

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

Why Do We Need International Equal Pay Day?

COVID-19 recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality.

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