Article by Jocelyn Frye. Center for American Progress.
April 23, 2020.
Too little attention has been paid to the consequences of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic for women of color, even as it exacerbates existing disparities and further undermines their families’ economic stability and survival.
Women of color often stand at the intersection of multiple barriers, experiencing the combined effects of racial, gender, ethnic, and other forms of bias while navigating systems and institutional structures in which entrenched disparities remain the status quo. Now, the aggressive spread of COVID-19 is creating new obstacles.
Such examination is the centerpiece of this report’s focus on women of color and informs the policy recommendations discussed herein; moreover, it is essential to helping families survive and actively participate in an economy that will need maximum engagement in order to rebound in the days and months ahead.
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