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America’s child care problem is an economic problem
America’s child care problem is an economic problem

America’s child care problem is an economic problem

“Families are not okay,” one expert says. It’s making the economic crisis way worse. By: Anna North Add to that parents needing and looking for jobs: More than 11 percent of women are unemployed right now The difficulty of finding child care is already causing parents [...]

July 16, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment, Vox|

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected
Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

Salau’s tragic story also underscores the extremely complicated relationship that Black women have with policing and criminalization. According to the American Psychological Association, one in four Black girls will be the victim of sexual assault by age 18, and one in five Black women is a [...]

July 9, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Bitch Media, Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality, Violence Against Women|

I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.
I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.

I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.

Mothers engage in 300 more hours of paid work per year than they did 40 years ago By: C. Nicole Mason My email read as follows: Dear Mr. C, My apologies for Charli and Parker not turning in their assignments for the week. We’re super [...]

July 9, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Breadwinner Mothers, Child Care, The Lily, Working Mothers|

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

By: Alicia Adamczyk Women who have access to legal contraception beginning at ages 18 to 21 earn an estimated 5% more per hour and 11% more per year by the time they’re 40 than those who do not have access to birth control, a 2019 report from the [...]

July 8, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: Affordable Care Act, CNBC, Reproductive Rights|

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color
Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

By Alicia Adamczyk If Congress decides not to extend the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits past its July 31 end date, the “vast majority” of unemployed workers will be “harmed” without it, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. While workers of all [...]

July 6, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|Tags: CNBC, COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.
Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.

Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lea Woods | 202-785-5100 | woods@iwpr.org As the economy reopens and re-hiring begins, unemployment rates remain high for Black and Latina women, and younger workers. Washington, DC — Most recent employment data show steady declines in unemployment for both women and men. Women [...]

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

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America’s child care problem is an economic problem

Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected

I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young. This shouldn’t be the norm.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA’s birth control mandate could cost women hundreds of dollars each year

Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color

Women net more jobs than men post shutdown, but remain disproportionately impacted by overall losses.

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