Friday, March 3, 2023 marks 110 years since the Women’s Suffrage procession down Pennsylvania Avenue, in an attempt to secure the right to vote. A monument honoring the struggle will reopen to the public in the next few months.
<p>It has been nearly one week since former players have accused North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley of sexual coercion spanning multiple teams and leagues since 2010 in a story by The Athletic's Meg Linehan (<a href="https://theathletic.com/2857633/2021/09/30/this-guy-has-a-pattern-amid-institutional-failure-former-nwsl-players-accuse-prominent-coach-of-sexual-coercion/" target=" self">READ THE FULL INVESTIGATION HERE)</a>. Since the story's publication.</p><p></p><p>Following the story's publication on Thursday, Riley was fired by the North Carolina Courage and his coaching license was suspended by the U.S. Soccer Federation. On Friday, NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird resigned and general counsel Lisa Levine was ousted by the league's board of directors, according to multiple sources. The latter move has been communicated to the league's players, according to multiple sour
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COVID-19 has been especially harmful for working women.
According to a McKinsey Global Institute study, women make up 39%
of global employment but account for 54% of overall job losses.
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Within the United States, the National Women s Law Center
reported that 865,000 women were no longer working or looking for
work – making up 80% of the people who left the workforce.
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Even among women who did not leave the workforce, a McKinsey study
showed that 1 in 4 women was considering downshifting their careers
or leaving the workforce due to COVID-19, at a rate 1.3 times more