Significant Decline of Women in the Workforce

Significant Decline of Women in the Workforce

New ones.

Across the country..

Many women are struggling to get back into the workforce.

This ultimately ties back to the pandemic.

News 10's hannah follman breaks down the reason this is happening..

And what we can expect to happen in the near future.

As i told you at 5 o'clock.... according to the national women's law center - in the past year over 2 point 3 million women left the workforce.

On top of this more than 5 million women lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

I spoke to western governors university indiana chancellor alison bell..

She told me that there may be a positive change soon.

Women are leaving the workforce at significant rates.

According to the n-w-l-c - women currently working or looking for work dropped to 57 percent this is the lowest rate the nation has seen in over thirty years.

"unfortunately the pandemic has undone a lot of good that we were seeing" there are many reasons as to why there is such a dramatic number of job losses and women leaving the workforce.

One of the main reasons is women dominate the service and hospitality industries.

An area that was hardest hit as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

Additionally, women are still the primary caretakers in the household.

This leaves many children needing more supervision due to the closings of schools, daycares, and activity centers.

"its a deeply ingrained set of cultural beliefs that are hard to overcome and hard to change but it makes it harder for women to prioritize work and home and do it all without running themselves ragged that continues to be a barrier" this past year has been hard on women across the country but there are also some positive work opportunities that have come from the pandemic.

One of the biggest takeaways is work schedules are becoming more flexible with the option of working remotely.

This allows more women to work from home making it easier to achieve a work and family life balance.

"people are empowered to take advantage of the opportunities that are being created as the economy begins to open back up."

Hanna} many women are now turning to higher education before going back to work.

With many local schools offering flexible schedules and scholarships.... this is allowing more women to achieve their future career goals.

Back to you.