Coronavirus job losses are impacting everyone, but women are taking a harder hit than men. (via CNBCMakeIt)
have filed unemployment claims in the past two months as a result of the coronavirus crisis, with 2.981 million of those claims being filed for the week ending May 9. Though the pandemic has undoubtedly impacted millions of Americans, data from theIn April alone, women accounted for 55% of the 20.5 million jobs lost. According to the, the number of women who lost employment last month is greater than the 11.
For example, in the leisure and hospitality sector, women accounted for 52% of the industry workforce, but made up 54% of job losses. In education and health services, women made up 77% of the workforce, but accounted for 83% of job losses. In retail, women made up 48% of the workforce, but accounted for 61% of job losses. And in local and state government jobs, women made up 58% of the workforce, but accounted for 63% of job losses.
Currently, there are more than 23 million workers in the low-wage workforce, with women making up roughly 67% of this population, reports. These jobs, by NWLC definition, pay $11 per hour or less and include child-care workers, restaurant servers, maids and cashiers. Even in these low-wage roles, women are found to still be making an average of 15% less then their male counterparts, with women of color making even less than that.
"One thing I've been disturbed about in recent weeks is some conversations of this idea that focusing on gender and racial equity is a luxury we can't afford right now," she says. "And, in this economic crisis, we just really need to focus on getting people into jobs."
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