Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain
IWPR President and CEO C. Nicole Mason addresses women and the child care crisis during an interview with CNN’s First Move with Julia Chatterley.
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Widespread Decline in Household Income During COVID-19 Pandemic Contributes to Food Insufficiency Among Families
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the economic security and well-being of families. In addition to finding and sustaining employment, many families are struggling with food insufficiency, a direct consequence of lost earnings. Nationally, more than 37 million Americans, including more than 11 million children are food insecure.
Who gives care during the Covid-19 pandemic?
People around the world are feeling the pressures of caring for children and other loved ones without paid care services and the support of extended family and social networks. Due to decades of disinvestment and discriminatory policies, many families’ care and support needs were unmet before the pandemic. The loss of normal care structures has pushed many already-marginalized families to the brink.
COVID-19 and Recovery Response
COVID-19 and Recovery Response As the pandemic enters its [...]
COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions
New survey data show pandemic may be disproportionately influencing women [...]
Prioritizing Student Parents in COVID-19 Response and Relief
Nearly four million U.S. undergraduate college students are parents or guardians of children under the age of 18. These student parents, who already faced immense financial, child care, food, and housing insecurity before the COVID-19 pandemic, are now dealing with multiple new barriers, including school closures, lay-offs, and child care disruptions, among other challenges.
Holding Up Half the Sky: Mothers as Workers, Primary Caregivers, & Breadwinners During COVID-19
In the United States, women now make up more than 50 percent of the workforce, reflecting growth in health care, education, and service sectors over the last decade. The decline of the wages and real earnings of all workers over time coupled with the rise in cost of living expenses, such as housing, means that the income and earnings of women are critical to the overall economic security and wellbeing of families.
Unanswered Questions, Obvious Answers: Hunger in the Age of COVID
by ABBY J. LEIBMAN and LIZA LIEBERMAN For activists like us, it comes [...]
How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19
By Sara Weissman U.S. employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April, [...]
The COVID-19 job market is leaving Millennial women behind
By Caroline Fairchild Last month, the unemployment rate for women grew [...]
