“We know that about one in four women who are unemployed right now have been looking for work for a year ... just imagine what that $15,000 ... could do if you had that sitting in the bank because you were paid what you were owed before this all happened.” cnbc.com/2021/05/05/ful…
April 2020 was the month that kicked off the women’s recession. One year later, 1.5 million moms are still out of the workforce, many forced to leave due to no child care or paid leave.
Many are still grappling with the decision to leave the labor force. bit.ly/335qozm
With many mothers out of the workforce, this women’s recession could have decades of consequences for careers.
When women leave the labor force for some time, it often leads to them returning to the workforce in positions that pay less. #MomsEqualPayDaybit.ly/3sxdHZz
“Being a working mom in the best of times is to feel pulled.”
- 165,000 women left the workforce, meaning they stopped looking for work altogether
- 355,000 men joined the workforce
- The U.S. economy is still short about 2 million women workers.
🧵Harvard’s @GenderSciLab on Monday published the first study that examines the race and gender of those dying from COVID-19.
The study found that Black women are dying from COVID at three times the rate of both White and Asian men in Georgia and Michigan.bit.ly/2PxwCoO
The researchers examined census data and publicly available COVID-19 mortality data through September 21, 2020, from Michigan and Georgia — the only two states that reported disaggregated age, race and sex information. bit.ly/2PxwCoO
More findings include:
— Black men had far higher COVID mortality rates than any other race or gender group.
— The disparity between Black women and White women is larger than between White men and White women. bit.ly/2PxwCoO
Nearly 500,000 women returned to the workforce in March, compared to about 162,000 men, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
Women still remain behind pre-pandemic employment levels. bit.ly/3dAoAn8
Women-dominated industries, including leisure and hospitality, are beginning to bounce back just as students who have been learning remotely for months return to in-person classes. bit.ly/3dAoAn8
But the pandemic has caused an unequal recession, and some groups have started to bounce back more robustly.
— Black women have an unemployment rate of 8.7%
— Latinas: 5.9%
— Asian women: 5.7%
— White women: 5% bit.ly/3dAoAn8
🧵Michigan voters in 2018 elected women to a level of representation nearly unparalleled in U.S. states.
But the state’s politics are still plagued with an old-school sexism. Current, former women officials say a culture of misogyny has existed for years. bit.ly/2POSHyL
The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party called three top statewide elected officials “witches” in a speech last week. bit.ly/2POSHyL
He said he wanted to “soften up” the women — @GovWhitmer, Attorney General @DanaNessel and Secretary of State @JocelynBenson — so when he had GOP candidates to run against them, they’re “ready for the burning at the stake.” bit.ly/2POSHyL
Over a decade ago, Rachel Crandall-Crocker wanted a reason for transgender people to celebrate and come together. So she created one.
Millions of people now recognize March 31 as a day to celebrate trans people worldwide.bit.ly/39waZMi
It was 2009, and at the time, the only annual event that most trans communities had — Transgender Day of Remembrance — was nothing to celebrate.
#TDOR was born in 1998 after Rita Hester, a Black trans women in Boston, was murdered in her own apartment. bit.ly/39waZMi
Crandall-Crocker sometimes attended the community funeral. She felt it was important. But when she did, it left her depressed for up to a week afterward. bit.ly/39waZMi