Pandemic’s unequal burden is driving women (more than men) out of the workforce

Joshlyn Adams, Career Woman, Takes FMLA Leave

Joshlyn Adams, taking leave from her job at a non-profit agency, assists with remote schooling her children Kyleigh (7, left), Kailyn (9, center) and Kobe (4) in their East Orange home on Oct. 8, 2020.Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance Media

When the coronavirus began spreading in New Jersey and schools were suddenly shuttered in March, Joshlyn Adams was able to keep working.

As an executive assistant at a nonprofit organization in Newark, Adams went into the office throughout the spring and summer. Her husband’s work, as an audio and video engineer, slowed and the kids were either watched by him or their grandparents.


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