U.S. aid can give shot to women in the workforce – ZAWYA

U.S. aid can give shot to women in the workforce – ZAWYA

u.s. aid can give shot to women in the workforce women's employment in america had already been going in the opposite direction before the pandemic hit    a woman looks up as snow begins to fall in front of the new york stock exchange, (nyse) during the morning commute in new york city, u.s., february 7, 2018.(the author is a reuters breakingviews columnist. the opinions expressed are her own.)san francisco - if necessity is the mother of invention, then the covid-19 pandemic is providing an opportunity to fix a long-dated problem: the lack of resources that encourage many women to stay employed. women have been hit hard by the pandemic, with a higher jobless rate and lower labor participation rate than men. congress is mulling economic band-aids in upcoming bailout packages. but the economy would benefit if it took on more ambitious plans, like creating universal childcare.women's employment in america had already been going in the opposite direction before the pandemic hit. their labor force participation rate peaked at 60.3% in 2000. since the 2008 financial crisis, it had been steadily decreasing at a faster rate than men, an anomaly among organisation for economic co-operation and development countries, and was