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Welcome to Episode 15 where we discuss a tweet that was sent to us detailing how women represented the total US job losses in December 2020. The article and statistics behind this tweet as well as the global statistics we found outlining that women are (once again) the biggest losers in the job market due to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, among other factors, shook us to the core. We discuss what it means to be a woman in a workforce that tends to view your employment as a luxury and why women are overwhelmingly the last to be hired and first to be fired. We definitely don't have any answers for a problem of this magnitude but we know that starting this conversation is the most important thing that we can do. We hope you agree.
- Annalyn Kutz's January 2021 article for CNN Business entitled "The US Economy Lost 140,000 Jobs in December. All of Them Were Held by Women" was the foundation piece for our conversation
- Catalyst's December 2020 research piece entitled "The Detrimental Impact of Covid-19 on Gender and Racial Equality: Quick Take" provided multiple statistical resources for the US, UK and European job markets & economies
- International Labour Organization's December 2020 press release entitled "81 Million Jobs Lost as COVID-19 Creates Turmoil in Asia-Pacific Labour Markets" provided statistics for the Asia-Pacific job markets & economies
- BBC Business December 2020 article entitled "Unemployment rate: How many people are out of work?" provided statistics for the UK job market & economy
- Reuters April 2020 article entitled "Africa could lose 20 million jobs due to pandemic: AU study" provided statistical information on the job markets & economies of the African continent
- Anadalou Agency's October 2020 article entitled "COVID-19: Some 4.5M African jobs to be Lost in 2020" for further information on the job markets & economies of the African continent
- Please check out our "Feminism 101" suggested reading list here if you're at a loose end for a great read from an incredible female author
- Find out more about the amazing designers, Nubefy, behind the graphics we use here
