While overall unemployment has skyrocketed during COVID-19, the rate for women has been higher than for men. Experts say the pandemic may also worsen the gender pay gap, which is even greater for women of color. How could the health crisis affect progress toward workforce and wage equity for women in America?
Nearly 3 million U.S. women have dropped out of the labor force in the past year By Megan Cerullo Working women hit harder by COVID economic fallout
Nearly 3 million American women have left the labor force over the past year in a coronavirus-induced exodus that reflects persistent pay inequality, undervalued work and antiquated notions of caregiving.
Before the pandemic, women consisted more than 50% of the country s workforce, underlining their importance to the economy. But that number has dropped sharply as many women, particularly mothers of young children, have been furloughed or laid off. Many others have had to choose between showing up at front-line jobs or caring for their children who, with daycare centers closed and school underway remotely, would otherwise be left without supervision.
Women edged out of workforce eye promise of Biden stimulus package
By Stephanie Ebbert and Katie Johnston Globe Staff,Updated February 3, 2021, 8:57 a.m.
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Jessica posed for a portrait with her daughter at their home. She is hopeful of returning to work after the pandemic.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
President Bidenâs sweeping stimulus proposal, his most ambitious plan to turn the country around, puts an extraordinary focus on getting women back to work, acknowledging the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on working mothers.
COVID-19 targeted the industries where women dominated â travel, leisure, hospitality, service. At the same time, it kept children home from schools and child-care centers, forcing parents â often mothers â to multitask. By the end of 2020, 4.3
Amber Ruffin is finally the boss. The writer and comedian is now behind the desk of her own Peacock and NBC variety show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” and helping to break some boundaries in a genre that’s been dominated by white men since the days of Ed Sullivan. Ruffin talked to NBCLX about working her way up in television as.
Amber Ruffin is finally the boss. The writer and comedian is now behind the desk of her own Peacock and NBC variety show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” and helping to break some boundaries in a genre that’s been dominated by white men since the days of Ed Sullivan. Ruffin talked to NBCLX about working her way up in television as.