A new Connecticut report shows the pandemic impacted the ability of more than two-thirds of women to return to work, with one-third reporting a decrease in income.
Over 50% of women of color saw a decline in their income according to the report, A Post-COVID Economic Recovery for Women, released Dec. 1 by Girls With Impact.
CBIA’s Chris DiPentima speaks at the Dec. 1 press conference with Girls With Impact’s Jennifer Openshaw, ReadyCT executive director Shannon Marimón, JPMorgan Chase’s Shaena McPadden, and State Treasurer Shawn Wooden.
Jennifer Openshaw, CEO of Fairfield County-based Girls With Impact, said the report showed that women shouldered a disproportionate share of the pandemic’s economic burden.
“Women have been called the ‘shock absorbers’ of COVID-19,” she said at a press conference hosted by CBIA in Hartford.
“If we look at the impact, it’s been tremendous because they make…
