Michelle Siri, executive director of the Women’s Law Center of Maryland said ‘It seems to be hitting women across all sectors, just in different ways. But of course, it is hitting those women who were already economically disadvantaged the hardest.” It’s no secret the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women. Of the 1.1 million people who left the workforce in the U.S., 865,000 are women. According to an analysis by the National Women’s Law Center, before the pandemic, women held 77% of jobs in education and health services. They now account for 83% of the jobs lost in those sectors.