The impact of Covid-19 on gender equality
The impact of Covid-19 on gender equality
To celebrate International Women’s Day Business Reporter explores the impact of the pandemic on equality in the workplace and elsewhere
The pandemic has had a huge impact on everyone globally with millions of people feeling the consequences of job losses, economic downturn, school closures and social isolation, all while adjusting to the new normal. However, the pandemic has been especially difficult for women as research suggests they are more likely to bear the brunt of childcare issues and feel pressure to be more productive, despite being in hard times.
Openings and Closings: February 24 to March 2 Elizabeth Lanza
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
February 24, 6 PM EST
From elaborate table settings that included spoons specifically used for certain jellies to the 20th-century invention of the TV dinner, it is safe to say that the way we dine in the Western world has changed drastically. The Chrysler Museum of Art is hosting a virtual program,
The Post-Revolution Evolution of Dining in America and Great Britain, during which Colonial Williamsburg’s senior curator of metals Janine Skerry will take attendees on a journey through time that traces the evolution from “service à la Française” to “service à la Russe”. The event, which is free to all, must be accessed through a Zoom link which you can sign up to receive in your email inbox here.
eight local author in some senses because he lives in mesa arizonan but he s actually from orie and here is a tooth. dvr interesting things. he was first published at the age of 15. he has written 45 books of particular that really blows me away is 600 magazine articles. what do you do? write in your sleep? i ve been told that i laughed in my sleep. [laughter] in any case, his work of fiction include collaborations with best-selling author harold paul and stevan and he has won a string of awards and probably the most relevant for today is the 2,009 u.s. naval institute general price but he has won awards from the air force for historicalwriting, the north american society for oceanographic history. that sounded pretty cool. you grew up to become an aviator but as mentioned he was the real from that and he s done the next best thing he says writing all these wonderful books about airborne warfare and related topics. his latest, the legendary world war ii aircraft carrier e
on the upper right side of the page. david reports on where the trillions of dollars that make up the u.s. federal budget comes from and where the money goes. this is about an hour. [applause] brad, you re doing great. i was thinking maybe i d let you talk. i d find out the interesting parts of the book. it s god to be here at one of the most independent bookstores, politics and prose. assured that brad not all my friends these people that are my friends. these are people that think about the budget august, which i think it s heartening. i wanted to talk about how the book came to be. my agent is here talked about to me once about doing the budget and the editors at random house would published the book i did on the fed, said to me, well the fed was boring and you made that interesting. the budget is boring, can you make that interesting? making the fed tweeting in 2008 we were ability to tumble into the great depression. there s nothing going on with a budget. a supercommi
problems of the world, they are is an obliviousness that comes along with it. but you have thunder in this. thank you, and i did. it is one of the things i must ve learned from my father. one of his complaints was he worked hard to often. he seems to have a wonderful knack. wonderful and memorable statements that he made. you know, a we also learned, and this is david brower. maybe people that don t know who david brower is. maybe we ought to explain something about why we are doing this book and what david brower did. serene: david brower was my father. in 1952 he became a full-time employee at the sierra club. one of the things that knocked me back during the research. considering how big the sierra club is now. he was a full-time staffer and a secretary in virginia. his joining us as a staff double the staff. then they had to. one of the lessons from me is how young this environmental movement is. it hasn t been around that long, and it s gone very fast. my father is