Child Care at Core of Women’s Slow Post-Pandemic Return to Work
By Katie Kindelan In 1971, Congress passed the Comprehensive Child [...]
Why Is Re-entering the Workforce So Hard on Moms?
By Heidi Borst In April 2020, at the height of [...]
Mother’s Day Surprise: Women Lose Jobs and Continue to Leave the Labor Force While Unemployment Among Black and Latina Women Remains High
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 7, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]
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, [...]
Trabajadoras domésticas buscan empleo durante la pandemia en EE.UU.
En EE.UU. las mujeres, sobre todo de origen hispano, se [...]
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 [...]
