Bowie’s death is the latest example of a crisis. Maternal mortality has surged to its highest rate in decades, making the U.S. the most dangerous place among high-income countries to be pregnant and give birth.
https://t.co/qBZF7eQXdy @sarahtoy17 reports
BABY BUST: There were 3.66 million babies born in the U.S. last year, a decline of 15% since 2007, even though there are 9% more women in their prime childbearing years. My latest with @anthonydb@poverberg https://t.co/sK163nIdUS
Please keep our WSJ colleague #EvanGershkovich in your thoughts today, World Press Freedom Day. He was arrested for doing his job. Journalism is not a crime. #IStandwithEvan
I’ll never forget the time I shared with a male reporter/boss that I was thinking of taking a break from reporting to stay home with my kids (partially due to low pay & child care costs).
His response: “Don’t you want your kids to be proud of you?”
🧵: Discrimination against moms is an "open secret" in many workplaces.
Workers are still being laid off while on leave, pushed out of jobs or subjected to comments like, “You probably have your hands full at home."
There is little legal recourse.
https://t.co/1qtOs1ns6N
Even as more wives outearn than their husbands, women are still doing most of the unpaid labor at home.
"It made me feel less feminine to earn more than my husband," one woman told me. "I realized that I myself had to get comfortable with that role."
https://t.co/0adun0p3GS
Top news organizations from around the world are calling for the release of our WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich, a trusted and experienced reporter arrested while doing his job. We are grateful for all the support as we seek his immediate release
https://t.co/dYu3dppCBS
🚨🚨🚨 The latest pay gap report from @IAPE1096 is out!
Median salaries for male employees across the entire IAPE-represented workforce exceed medians for female employees by 17.8%, up from 15% in 2019.
https://t.co/L4DcWieCcI
Women have gained more jobs than men for the last few months as services sectors go on a hiring spree and pandemic disruptions subside (however, childcare remains a huge pain point). Here's my story with @sechaney https://t.co/L0Zc22sxf0 via @WSJ
.@WSJ reporter @SabrinaSiddiqui opens up about what it's like to be a working -- and pumping -- mom while traveling with President Biden. https://t.co/fF3J8xFvx4
“I want people to realize they can always rewrite their story,” @OksanaMasters told me. “Everyone’s been bullied, everyone’s been made fun of, everyone’s lost something, but the things you are struggling through now are what’s making you resilient” https://t.co/26dKyCrzFC
There were about 58,000 fewer daycare workers in the U.S. last month compared with February 2020, just before the pandemic took hold, even though the broader labor market has recovered all lost jobs. @HarrietTorry https://t.co/sJehLh32f8
“The deeper issue here, beyond fertility, is that China’s young women are trying to push boundaries to protect and expand personal rights”…with @ZyuelingSH@raulariano1
Every day since 2017, the Women Photograph data team has recorded the byline of the lead photos on the front pages of 8 international newspapers. For the first time, fewer women + nonbinary photogs appeared on the front pages in 2022 than the year before.
Every day since 2017, the Women Photograph data team has recorded the byline of the lead photos on the front pages of 8 international newspapers. For the first time, fewer women + nonbinary photogs appeared on the front pages in 2022 than the year before.