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

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.

Jump Start Education Equity during COVID Can large scale online learning be an opportunity for creating education equity?

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.

Farfan-Santos—The Cost of Medical Marginalization: Undocumented Mothers and Health Access in the Time of Covid-19

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 

Pandemic Highlights Plight of Female Health Care 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.

Texas Frontline Workers Mostly Women (Texas Tribune) This analysis of 11 Texas cities finds that frontline workers in the pandemic are predominantly women and people of color.

Flatten the Curve on Domestic Violence Too [Houston Chronicle: Op Ed]

Gender inequality can be fixed: New University of Houston study details local pay gaps [Houston Chronicle: Opinion] 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.

UH Launches Think Tank on Gender & Sexuality  Op-ed offers a route for fixing gender inequality by addressing local Houston pay gaps by gender and race.

Institute affiliate researcher, Dr. Guillermo De Los Reyes launches a new 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.