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December 28, 2020 / Last updated : December 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

HuffPost: COVID-19’s Looming Eviction Crisis Will Devastate Women

HuffPost: COVID-19’s Looming Eviction Crisis Will Devastate Women. “Eviction moratoriums have saved lives and kept people in their homes during a devastating pandemic. Now, with those moratoriums set to expire, nearly 40 million people are at risk of being evicted over the coming months, according to an analysis from the Aspen Institute. Women are both […]

December 5, 2020 / Last updated : December 5, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

TNW: Study shows how AI exacerbates recruitment bias against women

TNW: Study shows how AI exacerbates recruitment bias against women. “A new study from the University of Melbourne has demonstrated how hiring algorithms can amplify human gender biases against women. Researchers from the University of Melbourne gave 40 recruiters real-life resumés for jobs at UniBank, which funded the study. The resumés were for roles as […]

November 27, 2020 / Last updated : November 27, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

When Schools Closed, Americans Turned to Their Usual Backup Plan: Mothers (New York Times)

New York Times: When Schools Closed, Americans Turned to Their Usual Backup Plan: Mothers. “Today, even though most mothers are employed and fathers have increased the hours they spend on housework and child care, women still spend about an hour more a day on each. Moreover, when unexpected demands pop up — like a child […]

November 25, 2020 / Last updated : November 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Coronavirus and gender: More chores for women set back gains in equality (BBC)

BBC: Coronavirus and gender: More chores for women set back gains in equality. “The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out 25 years of increasing gender equality, new global data from UN Women suggests. Women are doing significantly more domestic chores and family care, because of the impact of the pandemic.”

August 4, 2020 / Last updated : August 4, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

NIST: How Automation and AI May Help Level the Playing Field for Women in Manufacturing

NIST: How Automation and AI May Help Level the Playing Field for Women in Manufacturing. “Women make up about 29 percent of the manufacturing workforce despite filling 47 percent of the positions in the overall workforce, according to the Manufacturing Institute. While there have been periods of growth and decline, the dynamic is mostly unchanged […]

July 28, 2020 / Last updated : July 28, 2020 ResearchBuzz New Resources

Marie Claire: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Launches the IF/THEN Collection to Educate About Women In STEM

Marie Claire: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Launches the IF/THEN Collection to Educate About Women In STEM. “The online resource features photos and videos of more than 125 female STEM change-makers selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Lyda Hill Philanthropies to be IF/THEN ambassadors. The diverse group of women, who represent […]

July 25, 2020 / Last updated : July 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz Research & Opinion

MobiHealthNews: Doctors tweet swimsuit photos in rebuke of critical journal article

MobiHealthNews: Doctors tweet swimsuit photos in rebuke of critical journal article. “A new twitter movement dubbed #MedBikini has emerged after a research article published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery concluded that half of the recent and soon-to-be graduates in vascular surgery has social media accounts with ‘unprofessional content.’”

July 25, 2020 / Last updated : July 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

‘Crashing down’: How the child care crisis is magnifying racial disparities (Politico)

Politico: ‘Crashing down’: How the child care crisis is magnifying racial disparities. “The collapse of the child care industry is hitting women of color the hardest, threatening to stoke racial and gender inequities and putting pressure on Congress to address the crisis in its new round of coronavirus aid. Black and Latina women are suffering […]

July 23, 2020 / Last updated : July 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Coronavirus in India: ‘PM Modi, please make men share housework!’ (BBC)

BBC: Coronavirus in India: ‘PM Modi, please make men share housework!’. “Housework in India usually involves a lot of heavy lifting. Unlike in the West, few Indian homes are equipped with dishwashers, vacuum cleaners or washing machines. So, dishes have to be individually cleaned, clothes have to be washed in buckets and hung out to […]

July 23, 2020 / Last updated : July 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Study: Gender inequality increases in media during pandemic (Phys .org)

Phys .org: Study: Gender inequality increases in media during pandemic. “According to the survey of 558 journalists in 52 countries, the COVID-19 crisis had a negative impact on women’s salaries as well as on their work responsibilities, career advancement and private life. As a result, three quarters of the respondents saw their stress level increase […]

June 25, 2020 / Last updated : June 25, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Phys .org: Women disproportionately affected during pandemic, professor finds

Phys .org: Women disproportionately affected during pandemic, professor finds. “USC’s Understanding Coronavirus in America Study found that women, particularly those without a college degree, suffered more job losses than men and handled significantly greater responsibility for childcare during the pandemic. One-third of working mothers in two-parent households reported they were the only ones providing care […]

June 4, 2020 / Last updated : June 4, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Nothing changes: Lockdown gender gap remains firm (Phys .org)

Phys .org: Nothing changes: Lockdown gender gap remains firm. “While the world has been thrown into chaos by COVID-19, gender inequality has survived the pandemic intact, according to a report from Oxford’s Department of Sociology, with women still carrying out most housework and childcare, although they are disproportionately exposed to the virus—as the majority of […]

May 21, 2020 / Last updated : May 21, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

CNET: Coronavirus shut down Hollywood, but there may be a silver lining

CNET: Coronavirus shut down Hollywood, but there may be a silver lining. “Last month the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that, at least for next year’s Oscars ceremony, movies no longer need to fulfill a one-week run in a Los Angeles theater to be eligible for best picture. As long as a […]

May 19, 2020 / Last updated : May 19, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

Phys .org: Women are getting less research done than men during this coronavirus pandemic

Phys .org: Women are getting less research done than men during this coronavirus pandemic. “Before COVID-19, I used to spend a lot of time feeling like the Cat in The Cat in the Hat. I was holding a cup, the milk, the cake and a little toy ship, while bouncing up and down on a […]

March 26, 2020 / Last updated : March 26, 2020 ResearchBuzz COVID-19

‘Women’s work’: How coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families (Phys .org)

Phys .org: ‘Women’s work’: How coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families. “Women, through their unpaid housework, childcare and elder care, have kept families functioning. However, COVID-19 is putting a strain on women’s abilities to keep the cogs of daily life turning. We are now starting to see the impact of what […]

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