Posted: Mar 08, 2021 7:19 PM CT | Last Updated: March 9
Winnipeg mom Casandra Woolever had to move and go on CERB to make ends meet after she lost both sources of income during the pandemic.(Sam Samson/CBC)
Almost one year after the pandemic began, policy analysts say unemployment rates for Manitoba women are quickly outpacing rates for men.
According to the report, Women, Work and COVID-19: Priorities for supporting women and the economy, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, single mothers with children under the age of six have been hardest hit by job loss during the pandemic.Â
Winnipegger Casandra Woolever lost not one job, but two sources of income a month after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic last March.Â