IWPR Pens USA Today Opinion:

COVID recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality.

Tomorrow, pick up a copy of USA Today and read our new op ed over your morning coffee. We discuss the disproportionate economic impact COVID-19 has had on women due to job loss, child care responsibilities, and gender wealth disparities and underscore the change needed to ensure an equitable recovery.

"The pandemic and our government’s failed response to it has brought many things into focus," writes IWPR President and CEO C. Nicole Mason, Ph.D. "Chief among them is the fact that many of our systems — including economic and health care — have never worked for women and families."

We need bold policies that center working women and families in order to promote economic prosperity for all.

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