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During the pandemic, Kirby has continued in her job as a program manager for UC San Diego, working remotely while supervising distance learning for her second-grader. She has two kids, ages 3 and 7. Her husband travels half the time for his full-time job. People say self-care is really important during these times, but when do you do that? Kirby wondered.
A study by a group of sociologists published in a peer-reviewed academic journal, Gender and Society, found that nearly 80% of mothers have been primarily responsible for doing the housework since March. The same study showed that 66% of mothers are mainly responsible for child care among partnered parents. Three-quarters of mothers reported spending more time on overseeing distance and remote learning than dads.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ While everyone has been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to a degree, the extent is exponentially worse for women of color.
The United States economy
lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020. Shockingly, women lost 156,000 jobs while men gained 16,000. In January, another 275,000 women
vanished from the workforce. While the overall unemployment rate fell to 6.3% last month, it rose to 8.5% for Black women aged 20 and older, while Hispanic women were at 8.8% and white women the lowest at 5.1%.
Women of color have been hit the hardest not only due to the job types and industries crippled by the pandemic including education, hospitality, childcare and retail but also due to increased childcare demands at home.
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The Federal Reserve announced it will keep its short-term interest rate near zero following the latest policy meeting Wednesday, according to CNN Business.
The Fed cut rates to that level in March and indicated it will likely remain there for several years as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 disruption. Additionally, the Fed launched several lending programs and other stimulus efforts this year to support the economy during this time. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the Fed and Congress and the White House may need to do more to help struggling Americans, CNN reported.
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