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Where Should Women Channel Their Ambition?

Samhita Mukhopadhyay on The Myth of Making It in a World Set Up For Women to Fail

Haley Swenson··10 min read
Four years since the COVID-19 pandemic shook U.S. workplaces and its child care systems, parents continue to engage in vital paid work without the support of publicly funded child care and other family friendly policies that are common in wealthy, peer countries. Despite this, women aged 25 to 54 are participating in the workforce in record numbers, including nearly 70 percent labor force participation among mothers of young children. They also continue to perform a...
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Where Should Women Channel Their Ambition?

Samhita Mukhopadhyay on The Myth of Making It in a World Set Up For Women to Fail

Haley Swenson··10 min read
Four years since the COVID-19 pandemic shook U.S. workplaces and its child care systems, parents continue to engage in vital paid work without the support of publicly funded child care and other family friendly policies that are common in wealthy, peer countries. Despite this, women aged 25 to 54 are...
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