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Minding the Gap: How Better Care Policies Can Help Families Balance Work and Home

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• By: Mark DeWolf • June 17, 2022
Mark deWolf and his newborn daughter. The baby is wearing a crab onesie.
The work of the Women’s Bureau focuses on the ways current gendered caregiving patterns limit opportunities for mothers, especially in relation to their earnings and economic security.
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Mothers’ Employment Two Years Later

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• By: Mark DeWolf, Liana Christin Landivar • May 6, 2022
Data chart on working mothers.
Since COVID-19 became widespread in early 2020, mothers have experienced greater disruptions to their employment. Expanded access to paid family and medical leave, fair scheduling, improved compensation and greater investment in care infrastructure can help achieve a more equitable recovery.
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Black Women’s Economic Recovery Continues to Lag

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• By: Sarah Jane Glynn, Mark DeWolf • February 9, 2022
Employment loss by sex, race, and ethnicity – Feb. 2020 to Jan. 2022 
Recovery has been uneven across demographics. Black women have faced the slowest recovery, with 2.6% fewer adult Black women employed in December 2021 than February 2020.
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