Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality

News

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  Video & transcript of ABC13 Panel on “Why are women leaving the workplace - and how to remedy it.” Insights from UH IRWGS director and other Houston experts

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  Death and childcare — more men die but more women lose work from COVID-19

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  What This Country Needs Is a Working Parents Administration [OpEd The Nation]

  Parenting Pay and Federally Funded online tutoring as the solution for overwhelmed work/school- from-home parents and students.

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  Jump Start Education Equity during COVID

  Can large scale online learning be an opportunity for creating education equity?

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  Build an economy of care: universal income makes sense now and for the future [Houston Chronicle: Op Ed]

  A case for universal income as we work towards building an economy of care.

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  The Cost of Medical Marginalization under Covid

  Latinx undocumented mothers have limited or no access to healthcare, though COVID death rates among minority communities remain high.

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  Pandemic Highlights Plight of Female Health Workers

  The Covid infection rate is higher among women than men among healthcare workers, even as women continue to bear the burden of home care-giving. Families need to step up on care-sharing, and equitable healthcare policies are needed.

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  Texas Frontline Workers Mostly Women

  This analysis of 11 Texas cities finds that frontline workers in the pandemic are predominantly women and people of color.

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  Flatten the Curve on Domestic Violence

  - Barbie Brashear, Elizabeth Gregory, Alicia Nuzzie

  Op-ed calls for coordinated action to flatten the curve on domestic violence as DV cases spike under stay-at-home orders in pandemic.

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  Gender and Local Pay Gaps in Houston

  Op-ed offers a route for fixing gender inequality by addressing local Houston pay gaps by gender and race.

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  Guillermo De Los Reyes Launches a Journal: Sexuality, Gender & Policy

  SGP is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on the social, political, and cultural dimensions of sexuality, as well as policy-relevant research on issues related to sexual health, sexual rights, and sexuality education.