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Coronavirus Employment Shock Hits Women Harder Than Men

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 [...]

May 15, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|

Restaurateurs of Color Say They Need Support In Order To Survive Coronavirus Closures

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 [...]

May 14, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|

One in Five College Students is a Parent: 40% of Them Feel Isolated on Campus

"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 [...]

May 13, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|

The COVID-19 job market is leaving Millennial women behind

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 [...]

May 13, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|

Women’s Monthly Job Losses Five Times Losses in Great Recession

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 [...]

May 12, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|

Why the New York Times is calling this downturn a ‘shecession’

By: Nicole Lyn Pesce Recession? More like shecession, according to the New York Times. While Friday’s jobs report was devastating across the board, with another 20.5 million jobs wiped away in April as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a demographic breakdown of the unemployment numbers reveals [...]

May 11, 2020|Categories: Press Hits|