March 3, 2021
One third of Black moms and one fourth of Latinx moms report being unable to work from home during the pandemic according to a new study conducted by WerkLabs, the data and insights division of The Mom Project.
Stories this photo appears in:
‘It’s Exhausting Being Resilient All the Time’ -- Women of Color Feel Overworked and Helpless During Pandemic
While everyone has been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to a degree, the extent is exponentially worse for women of color. The United States economy lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020. Shockingly, women lost 156,000 jobs while men gained 16,000. In January, another 275,000 women vanished from the workforce. While the overall unemployment rate fell to 6.3% last month, it rose to 8.5% for Black women aged 20 and older, while Hispanic women were at 8.8% and white women the lowest at 5.1%.