Women of Color Hit Especially Hard by Pandemic, Unemployment
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On International Women’s Day, a look at how the coronavirus is impacting women.
Women have lost more than five million jobs since February 2020, according to the National Women’s Law Center. Over the past year, women have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s impact on employment — and that effect has been even more acute among women of color.
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Women of Color Hit Especially Hard by Pandemic, Unemployment
Clip: 3/8/2021 | 7m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Women have lost more than five million jobs since February 2020, according to the National Women’s Law Center. Over the past year, women have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s impact on employment — and that effect has been even more acute among women of color.
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