News and Updates
New Report Finds Care Infrastructure Critical for Equitable Economic Recovery
— Caring Across Generations
America’s Mothers Are in Crisis Is anyone listening to them? - New York Times
— By Jessica Grose
Referenced in #100DaysforCare:
Building Our Care Infrastructure: For Equity, Economic Recovery, and Beyond - Caring Across Generations
— By Julie Kashen and Josephine Kalipeni
Women Now Make Up the Majority of the U.S. Labor Force - Bloomberg
— By Katia Dmitrieva
U.S. women near milestone in the college-educated labor force - Pew Research Center
— By Richard Fry
More women than men earn the federal minimum wage - Pew Research Center
— By Jens Manuel Krogstad
Women in Low-Wage Jobs May Not Be Who You Expect - National Women’s Law Center
— By Jasmine Tucker and Kayla Patrick
The economic insecurity of Black breadwinner moms affects us all - Fast Company
— By Katica Roy
Women and Poverty in America - Legal Momentum
— By The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Basic Facts About Women in Poverty - American Progress
— By Robin Bleiweis, Diana Boesch, and Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines
How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward: Congress’ $64.5 Billion Mistake - The Century Foundation
— By Julie Kashen, Sarah Jane Glynn, and Amanda Novello
The Rising Cost of Inaction on Work-Family Policies - Center for American Progress
— By Sarah Jane Glynn
Voters Demand Comprehensive Caregiving Plan to Support Families - Global Strategy Group
— By Global Strategy Group, Time’s Up Foundation, Caring Across Generations, and Paid Leave for All Action
Additional News:
The pandemic has derailed women’s careers and livelihoods. Is America giving up on them?
— Fortune
Parents of Remote Learners Have Smaller Roles in U.S. Workforce
— The Wall Street Journal
Women Have Lost a Disproportionate Number of Jobs Due to COVID-19. Here's How We Can Start to Fix a Broken System
— Time
Millennial Moms Have Been Driven To Their Breaking Point
— Huff Post
Of all the jobs the U.S. workforce lost in December, 100% belonged to women
— Forbes
Supporting Working Parents Could Accelerate Recovery
— Ms. Magazine
The Lockdown Showed How the Economy Exploits Women. She Already Knew.
— New York Times
Companies Are Pledging to Make Workplaces Better for Moms After the Pandemic Forced Many Out of the Workforce
— The Washington Post
For younger job seekers, diversity and inclusion in the workplace aren’t a preference. They’re a requirement.
— The Washington Post
Women make less in the gig economy. A new study asked why.
— The Lily
“This is not just a council. It’s a plan to take a government-wide approach to gender equity.” — Jennifer Klein, co-chair of President Biden’s new Gender Policy Council
— The New York Times
Making the Mental Load Visible
— Better Life Lab
COVID-19 has driven millions of women out of the workforce. Here’s how to help them come back
— Fortune
Three American Mothers, On The Brink
— The New York Times
What’s keeping men from doing more at home? Actual caregiving experience
— Fortune
How the Pandemic Has Changed The Game For Working Moms—And What Comes Next
— Parents
American Women Lost Over 5 Million Jobs Last Year. How Will They Ever Recover?
— Refinery29
2020 In Review: The Year of the Mother
— Forbes
How to Fix Economic Inequality?
— PIIE
How the pandemic is forcing women out of the workforce, explained in a comic
— VOX
Covid Shrinks the Labor Market, Pushing Out Women and Baby Boomers
— The Wall Street Journal