By AUDREY ANDREWS “We should go ahead and call this a ‘she-cession.’” — C. Nicole Mason, president and chief executive of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research The word “shecession” appeared in the The New York Times for the first time in its nearly 170 years of [...]

By Sarah Chaney and Lauren Weber Women also are likely to find themselves at a disadvantage once lockdown measures are eased and companies start rehiring staff. The reason: Thousands of day-care facilities have shut down, which will make it hard for many mothers to leave [...]

By Lakshmi Gandhi A group of African American bar and restaurant owners in Boston say that more needs to be done to connect small business owners with the resources and loans needed to survive COVID-19 related closures. The newly formed Boston Black Hospitality Coalition says the city’s [...]

"Higher ed came into this pandemic facing dropping enrollment. Now, as institutions grapple with the question of whether students will return in the fall, these findings will be even more crucial in assisting them in factoring in the needs of parenting students in their re-enroll [...]

By Caroline Fairchild Last month, the unemployment rate for women grew by 0.9% compared with 0.7% for men. And a recent survey by LeanIn and Survey Monkey uncovered that 31% of women with full-time jobs and families say they have more to do than they can possibly handle. Only [...]

Since the coronavirus sent the U.S. economy into a medically induced coma, more than 21 million jobs have been lost. And research shows women lost nearly 6 out of every 10 jobs across all sectors. In April alone, women's job losses were five times higher [...]