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Ms Anderson said Tourism Noosa s cash on hand holdings plummeted from $710,000 in 2019 to $149,000 last year, due in part to the cancellation of the Noosa Eat and Drink festival and staff severance payments. We tapped into our Tourism Noosa contingency fund for the first time ever because we need to, Ms Anderson said. We needed the financial support. Ms Anderson said the Tourism Noosa budget had to be brought back to workable financial plan during the past 12 months after a steep rise in staff prior to her coming on board. She said the actions had resulted in a more streamlined back-to-basics operation and successful government grant funding allocations would improve Tourism Noosa s financial position. ....
Layland Masuda/Getty Images PANDEMIC CHALLENGES: People are dropping out of the workforce for family concerns, including to help their children navigate distance learning, a new study by the Center for Rural Policy finds. Jobs can be found in rural Minnesota, but they may not match the skills you have. The unemployment picture in rural Minnesota in 2021 presents a dichotomy: Not only is there high unemployment and people dropping out of the labor force, but there also is a workforce shortage. The pandemic s impact on employment in rural Minnesota is explored in a report, Pandemic Impacts on the Rural Workforce, prepared by the Center for Rural Policy and Development, a nonpartisan policy research organization based in Mankato. ....
COVID-19 exacerbates women’s time poverty 23 January 2021 Author: Nikhila Menon, Yokohama The burdens of unpaid domestic and care work fall disproportionately on women in both developed and developing countries. According to a 2018 UN Women report, women perform 2.6 times more unpaid care and domestic work than men. The resulting ‘time poverty’ is a critical factor that reinforces gender inequality, and the COVID-19 crisis has further exacerbated its impact on women around the world. On average, women perform 4 hours and 25 minutes of unpaid care work every day, compared to 1 hour and 23 minutes for men. The ‘triple burden’ of paid work, unpaid domestic work and care work exerts enormous physical and emotional stress on women, and deprives them of opportunities to pursue education and skill development. The deprivation of leisure time takes a toll on women’s emotional wellbeing, leaving them more vulnerable to mental health problems. In developi ....