Forced Out of Work: The Pandemic's Effects on Women and Work
In spring of 2021, findings from our survey showed that over a third of mothers and other female caregivers had left or reduced their work since the pandemic began. The vast majority of these women could not afford to do so, and they experienced significantly higher levels of emotional distress compared with women whose work status had not changed.
A year later, the pandemic continues to cause disproportionate numbers of women to leave the workforce and deal with the heavy consequences of these changes. In this new fact sheet, we examine what women in the RAPID survey are currently saying about work and how their situations have changed over the past year.