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Changing Child Care
Despite efforts to make domestic work more egalitarian in the household, women continue to bear the burden of providing care for children. Some researchers attribute declining maternal workforce participation to rising child care costs. On the labor side, more than 90 percent of child care workers are women.
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Elizabeth Warren to reintroduce $700 billion universal child care proposal
That investment, far more than what Biden has indicated he will seek, has support from other progressive lawmakers, per a letter shared first with The 19th.
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How Houston’s first pregnant city council member is using her power to enact change
For too long, pregnant workers have had to “grin and bear it” in the workplace. Abbie Kamin wants to change that.
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These parents had to bond with their babies over Zoom — or lose them forever
During the pandemic, video chats replaced in-person visits between parents and their children placed in foster care. The effects could linger for years.
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“There’s so much death around”: Eight women reflect on one year of COVID-19
A year after the start of the pandemic, women describe their lives on the front lines, the losses they’ve endured and the ways in which they are forever changed.
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New CDC data shows COVID cases spiked when Georgia schools reopened
The data underscores the importance of disease prevention measures when opening schools, researchers said.
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Katie Porter, one of Congress’ only single moms, has a plan to help caregivers
For National Caregivers Day, Rep. Katie Porter outlines the legislative solutions that could ease the burden on working parents.
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The pandemic has been extra hard on single mothers
Single mothers have scrambled during the pandemic to secure child care. What will the federal government do to help in 2021?
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During the pandemic, teachers’ mental health is suffering in ways they’ve never experienced
The burden is most acute for teachers who are mothers, and steering both their students and their own children through online learning.
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Stimulus provides some relief for women — but experts say it’s far from enough
The $900 billion package tackles paid leave, child care and food insecurity, among other issues.
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The pandemic has left mothers struggling to feed their kids
School closures and the struggling economy have created a national hunger crisis — and experts say it will only get worse as the pandemic deepens this winter.