Despite efforts to make domestic work more egalitarian in the household, women continue to bear the burden of providing care for children. Some researchers attribute declining maternal workforce participation to rising child care costs. On the labor side, more than 90 percent of child care workers are women.
Without a full return of summer programs this year, working moms face months of uncertainty that could further splinter their relationship with the workforce.
The historic expansion of the child tax credit this year could slash child poverty in half, but only if the poorest families can access it. Reaching them is a massive task the country has never taken on.
Biden’s American Rescue Plan allocated $39 billion for child care — a historic infusion. But states are relying on small staffs, old systems and a short timeline to get the money out equitably.
A new report highlights the financial barriers to parents of young children running for state and local office.
If you also want to skip brunch and togetherness, you’re right. Research backs it up.
That investment, far more than what Biden has indicated he will seek, has support from other progressive lawmakers, per a letter shared first with The 19th.
For too long, pregnant workers have had to “grin and bear it” in the workplace. Abbie Kamin wants to change that.
During the pandemic, video chats replaced in-person visits between parents and their children placed in foster care. The effects could linger for years.
A year after the start of the pandemic, women describe their lives on the front lines, the losses they’ve endured and the ways in which they are forever changed.
The data underscores the importance of disease prevention measures when opening schools, researchers said.