/PRNewswire/ Neglected for too long, America s severe infrastructure needs must finally be placed at the top of the US policy agenda. To that end, the.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate economic impact on women in ways that could have long-lasting effects on the U.S. economy, according to a report by the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED).
The report – the latest in a series of Solutions Briefs – cites two critical factors that have magnified COVID-19 s impact on women. First, the lower-wage and service-oriented jobs which have been hardest-hit by the pandemic predominantly employ women. Those sectors include personal service, healthcare support, restaurant servers, food preparation, and administrative support. At the depth of the employment crisis, women s employment – in absolute numbers – fell to its lowest point since the 1990s and has since only recovered two-thirds of that loss.