The pandemic has derailed women’s careers and livelihoods. Is America giving up on them?
By Maria Aspan and Emma Hinchliffe In early 2020, just [...]
Women and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Five Charts and a Table Tracking the 2020 “She-Cession” by Race and Gender
The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the U.S. economy, and women, particularly women of color, have been hit especially hard. 2020 ended with women’s numbers of jobs on payroll being still much further below their February levels than men’s.
Building Back Better Post-COVID: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs in New Orleans
Read IWPR's new briefing paper, Building a Better Future for [...]
New study finds moving women into manufacturing, trade and technical jobs will speed recovery efforts, raise earnings, and cut poverty in New Orleans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2021 Contact: Contact: Erin Weber [...]
Black & Latinx Women Hit Hardest By Job Loss — Let’s Talk About Why
By Sa'iyda Shabazz When COVID hit and the stay-at-home orders [...]
JPMorgan Sees Biden’s Stimulus Cutting Unemployment to Less Than 5% by Year End
by Juliana Kaplan In December 2020, the unemployment rate was [...]
Will Biden’s Stimulus Package Help Reverse the ‘Shecession’?
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta From the get go, this economic [...]
IWPR Statement on President-Elect Biden’s American Rescue Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber | [...]
Unemployment Claims Are Rising as the Pandemic Surges
By Peter Wade The jobs crisis in the U.S. is [...]
US cut 140,000 jobs in December. All were held by women, while men gained employment.
By Alexandra Kelley Data released on Friday from the U.S. [...]
