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Unemployment among women, especially those who head families, remains high, and many women are at risk of losing unemployment insurance benefits. We're working for unemployment insurance reforms to expand coverage and improve benefits for women.

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Fact Sheet | 60 Percent of Women’s Job Gains in the Recovery Are in the 10 Largest Low-Wage Jobs

July 23, 2013

Women have regained a large number of the jobs they lost during the recession, but their gains are highly concentrated in low-wage occupations. Sixty percent of the increase in employment for women between 2009 and 2012 was in the 10 largest occupations that typically pay less than $10.10 per hour. In contrast, these 10 low-wage occupations accounted for only 20 percent of men’s employment growth over the same period.

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Reports & Toolkits | Fourth Anniversary of the Recovery Shows Job Gains for Women—But a Long Road to a Full Recovery

July 10, 2013

This report analyzes the employment picture for women and men as of June 2013, the fourth anniversary of the recovery from the deep recession that began in December 2007. Although the pace of the recovery has picked up, especially for women, four years since the start of the recovery in June 2009, employment for women and men has yet to return to pre-recession levels.

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Fact Sheet | Women Sharing in Slow Job Growth, but Full Recovery Is a Long Way Off

August 2, 2013

This resource, updated monthly as new data on jobs and unemployment is released, shows how women are faring in the recovery that officially started in June 2009. 

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Fact Sheet | Renewing Federal Emergency Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Vital for Women & Families – and the Economy

December 11, 2012

Persistently high unemployment – and historic levels of long-term unemployment – necessitate renewing federal emergency unemployment insurance benefits that are set to expire in December 2012.

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More Resources

Fact Sheet | Job Loss: The Hidden Cost of Medicaid Cuts to Women

December 07, 2012

Resource Page | Share Your Story: Have you ever been unemployed?

November 02, 2012

Infographics and Internet Memes | Federal and State Programs Lift the Incomes of Millions of Americans Above the Poverty Line

September 21, 2012

Reports & Toolkits | Third Anniversary of the Recovery Shows Job Growth for Women Slowed by Public Sector Job Losses

July 09, 2012

Reports & Toolkits | A "Man"ufacturing Comeback: Men's and Women's Employment Gains and Losses in 2011

March 19, 2012