How We’re Doing
An Uneven Recovery During the pandemic and the subsequent “recovery,” women workers have been at a clear disadvantage. Of the net job losses in the U.S., more than two-thirds were women’s jobs. And now, men’s employment has returned to its pre-pandemic level, while 1.1 million U.S. women are still missing from the labor force.
Did you get a new job since losing or quitting your job? % responding “yes”
78% 67% 42% 41% 46% 83% 58% 38% 59% 53% 47%
Milestones MADELEINE ALBRIGHT , the first woman to serve as U.S.
secretary of state (under President Bill Clinton), died in March at age 84. Reflecting on her role as U.S. ambassa- dor to the U.N., Albright noted at a virtual conference in September 2020, “I decided that I would make women’s issues central to American foreign policy. And not just because I’m a feminist, but I could say that I know that when women are politically and economically empow- ered in societies, the situation is better. And it’s in Amer- ica’s national interest.”
SHALANDA YOUNG is the first Black woman to
lead the White House Office of Management and Budget (a Cabinet position) after being confirmed by a vote of 61–36 in the Senate.
A program initiated by the Biden administration extend- already living in the U.S. as of March
ed temporary protected status to more than 74,000 AFGHAN REFUGEES
No Return to ‘Normal’ Women are more likely than men to be in a worse financial situation now than pre-pandemic and to be suffering mental health effects, including depression, anxiety and sleep disruptions.
Is your family’s financial situation better or worse? WORSE
BETTER 66%
51% 39% 28% 26% 15% Women 15%
Women who lost/quit job
Low-paid women 17%
Would you say that the pandemic has had a negative impact on your mental health? % responding “yes”
71% 58% 45% 60% 46% 59% 49% 61% 57% 63% Men
15, allowing them to stay for at least 18 more months. Economist SUSAN COL L INS
(no relation to the senator
from Maine) will be the first Black woman to lead a U.S. central bank when she takes over as the new president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
A record of at least 36 openly LGBTQ+ OLYMPIANS , includ-
ing 12 ice hockey players and 10 figure skaters, competed in Beijing in nine different sports. That’s twice the num- ber who participated in the previous Winter Games.
Women athletes brought home 17 of TEAM USA ’s 25
medals earned during the Beijing Olympics, which fea- tured a record 46 women’s events and four new mixed- gender contests. As a result, more than half (53 percent) of events included women athletes.
Sexual harassment is finally classified as an offense pun- ishable under the UNI FORM CODE OF MI L I TARY JUST ICE following an executive order by President Joe Biden.
,
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that more than 60 major employers based in the state, including Apple and Twitter, signed on to the CAL I FORNIA EQUAL PAY PLEDGE
, Source: National Women’s Law Center
www.msmagazine.com
agreeing to conduct a company-wide gender pay analysis each year and scrutinize hiring and promotions practices to identify unconscious bias and other barriers to equal pay.
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