Associate Professor of Government and co-director of the Cornell Center for Health, Jamila Michener's Washington Post op-ed focuses on what the U.S. government can do to alleviate racial inequities and policies to address Latina and Black women’s vulnerabilities.
"Pandemic shutdowns particularly hit hotels and restaurants, retail and education — economic sectors that disproportionately employ Latina and Black women. According to the Current Population Survey in 2018, 41.1 percent of Latina mothers and 67.5 percent of Black mothers were their families’ primary or sole breadwinners. When they lose their jobs, that hurts their ability to house and care for their families.n communities of color, policy interventions are often not designed to address women’s different economic experiences — which hurts Black and Latina women’s financial well-being."
Read full story which appeared in the Washington Post on Feb. 2, 2021
