Perspective: Child Care Work During the Pandemic
How are child care centers managing during the pandemic? How [...]
Despite modest employment gains, women still 5.5 million jobs below pre-pandemic level. Unemployment for Black and Hispanic women remains high.
New October jobs data show women remain 5.5 million jobs below February's levels. Despite women gaining 280,000 (43.9 percent) of 638,000 new non-farm payroll jobs since October and adult women having lower unemployment rates (6.5 percent) than men (6.7 percent) for the first time since April, stubborn trends continue.
‘If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.’ Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That’s Bad For Everyone
The United States is in the midst of a crushing economic recession, COVID-19 infection rates are spiking, and thousands of schools and childcare facilities have yet to reopen in-person classrooms. The group bearing the brunt of this torrent of bad news? Women.
Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us
BY ELIANA DOCKTERMAN When women leave work—even for just a year, [...]
Women Fall Further Behind Men in Recovery and Are 5.8 Million Jobs Below Pre-COVID Employment Level
New jobs figures from September show much less job growth than in the previous month, particularly for women, according to the U.S. Bureau for Labor Statistics latest Employment Situation release. Women’s official rates unemployment fell, while the number of women who are no longer actively looking for work increased.
Facing dual challenges of work and home-schooling, more women are sacrificing their careers
As virtual schooling ramps up in some areas, women are being forced to make the choice between caring for their children or prioritizing their own career.
Economic Progress Stalls for Women
Jobs data show substantially slowed growth since September. For the first time in the COVID-19 recession, women have gained fewer jobs than men.
Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic
By: Tim Henderson Mothers of small children have lost work at [...]
COVID-19 recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality.
To dig out of the coronavirus economic crisis and to ensure an even recovery, we will have to go big.
Life was already challenging for student parents; COVID-19 made it much more difficult
The pandemic halted many resources that student parents need to [...]
