Women are losing more jobs. They account for 73% of health care workers falling ill with COVID. And they’re more worried than men — about feeding their families, caring for relatives, protecting livelihoods. Women of color are hardest hit. 2/10https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/15/834920016/at-least-9-000-u-s-health-care-workers-sickened-with-covid-19-cdc-data-shows …
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We’re breaking news on women and the 2020 election (yup, there are still campaigns underway!) with our national publishing partner,
@washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/31/lilly-ledbetter-advocate-equal-pay-women-endorses-joe-biden/ … 5/10Show this thread -
We’re producing weekly “Portraits of a Pandemic” with our first local news partner,
@PhillyInquirer, featuring women tackling COVID in the poorest big city in America. https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/leslie-callahan-st-pauls-baptist-church-coronavirus-19th-20200410.html … 6/10pic.twitter.com/hmhgWoEOuE
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Meanwhile, our national listening tour is going virtual. **Stay tuned for details on that next week!** And make sure you're signed up to our newsletter for the latest event invites and updates: http://19thnews.org/subscribe 8/10
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Please join @19thnews today to help us keep women front of mind in this pandemic — and this election cycle. https://www.19thnews.org/support-us 10/10Show this thread
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