Why the shecession will last long after COVID-19 pandemic ends
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Share: While some women are breaking the glass ceiling, others have been forced to take a step back as the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a so-called shecession.
In January 2020, women outnumbered men in the United States workforce. In December 2020, women accounted for nearly 90% of the jobs lost. Black women and Latinas have been hit especially hard by unemployment.
But the job problem goes even deeper. In order to be counted as unemployed, you have to be actively looking for work but more than 2 million women have left the labor force during the pandemic, and they re not looking for work because they are staying home to care for children or other family members.