NYC is closing public schools again. Who will care for these students at home?
Reminder: Nearly 1 MILLION working women dropped out of the US workforce in Sept, an underreported story.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women." https://annehelen.substack.com/p/other-countries-have-social-safety?fbclid=IwAR07SN2ZBiUqJMHY6D7HKACX6qx5yGf5PimMvXx_1DJ5la0ZuQWrXuk1Nq4
Reminder: Nearly 1 MILLION working women dropped out of the US workforce in Sept, an underreported story.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women." https://annehelen.substack.com/p/other-countries-have-social-safety?fbclid=IwAR07SN2ZBiUqJMHY6D7HKACX6qx5yGf5PimMvXx_1DJ5la0ZuQWrXuk1Nq4
"These are economic issues!*They aren't 'soft' social policy issues that women care about. But these are actually core issues to how we build a functioning economy."
— @juliekkohler1, on how the pandemic exacerbated the crisis for moms https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-a-pandemic-all-parents-left-behind/id1524251605?i=1000488452585
— @juliekkohler1, on how the pandemic exacerbated the crisis for moms https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-a-pandemic-all-parents-left-behind/id1524251605?i=1000488452585
And a reminder — w/out stimulus, childcare centers are shutting down & not coming back. This has big implications on whether the economy as a whole will be able to recover from the pandemic. How do you support an economic recovery if parents can’t work on a consistent basis?!