The Pandemic’s Economic Toll on Women Has Been Staggering—Now There’s an Estimate on the Price Tag
By Andrew Keshner All the money that women across the [...]
Despite Record Job Growth in March 2021, Gender Gap in Economic Recovery Widened
New March jobs data show that nearly one million (916,000) new payroll jobs were added, yet only one-third of these went to women (34.4 percent, or 315,000 payroll jobs). This marks an increased widening of the gender gap in recovery for a second month in a row. Women still need 4.6 million more jobs to get back to pre-COVID-19 levels, compared to men who need 3.8 million more jobs.
The women’s recession isn’t over — especially for moms
By Chabeli Carrazana It struck her one morning last July, [...]
The pandemic gave parents the chance to work from home. Now they don’t want to give it up.
By Ellen McCarthy Katy Clark left the house every morning [...]
Trabajadoras domésticas buscan empleo durante la pandemia en EE.UU.
En EE.UU. las mujeres, sobre todo de origen hispano, se [...]
The Pandemic Worsened Inequities for Working Women. What Now?
By Christine Smith “All this data that we've seen in [...]
The Student Parent Equity Imperative: Guidance for the Biden-Harris Administration
As the Biden-Harris administration seeks to hasten the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the U.S. higher education system to ensure equitable access and attainment for all adults is more important than ever. The pandemic has disproportionately increased the caregiving, financial, and emotional burdens on student parents and their families—most of whom are mothers, students of color, adult and working learners, students with low incomes, and first-generation students [...]
Young Women Are Dropping Out of School and Work. Is Caregiving the Culprit?
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A year into the pandemic, there [...]
Young Women in the “She-cession”: Centering the Experience of Young Women of Color
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated deep-seated inequalities in the society, [...]
New IWPR Report Highlights the Systemic Challenges Young Women of Color Are Facing in the COVID-19 Pandemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 6, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]
