Because of Covid, women have lost ground
In January 2020, women’s labor force participation was an all-time high. Today, it has fallen to 57%, the lowest since 1988. Today, women have lost 2.5 million jobs since the beginning of the pandemic; that’s 1 million more jobs than men.
1 in 4 women lost their jobs during the pandemic due to lack of childcare (only 1 in 8 men lost their jobs for the same reason).
