CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. Remote Work Doesn’t Have to Be the ‘Mommy Track’
2. Here Comes the … Broom?
3. Families Try Making Up After Pandemic Fights Over Vaccines, Masks and Tests
OTHER NEWS:
4. Households with Children That Struggled to Cover Household Expenses Were at Least Twice as Likely to Rely on CTC
5. Report signals benefits of pilot project giving no-strings-attached cash to low-income D.C. families
6. Sexual harassment and assault linked to high blood pressure in women, study says
7. More than 5 million children have lost a caregiver to the pandemic, a study says.
8. Maternal deaths in the U.S. rose during the first year of the pandemic.
9. In Many US States, Child Marriages Violate Statutory Rape Laws
10. F.D.A. Grants the First Condom Approval for Anal Sex
11. Overcoming Depression After Divorce
12. The Enduring Significance of Jumping the Broom
13. Omicron Revived a Heartbreaking Pandemic Measure in NICUs
14. Why the US doesn’t have universal child care (anymore)
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
15. Why some people choose synthetic partners over human ones
16. “Women’s Work” and the Welfare State: New Analysis Quantifies how Gender, Class, and Social Policy Shape Unpaid Care Work
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1. Remote Work Doesn’t Have to Be the ‘Mommy Track’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/remote-work.html
2. Here Comes the … Broom?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/style/bride-groom-nonbinary.html
The “bride” and “groom” portmanteau is just one of the terms being used by couples seeking less traditional ways to define their unions.
3. Families Try Making Up After Pandemic Fights Over Vaccines, Masks and Tests
https://www.wsj.com/articles/families-try-making-up-after-pandemic-fights-over-vaccines-masks-and-tests-11645757654
Covid-19 brought some families together and divided others. As case counts fall, many people want a fresh start but are unsure how to begin.
4. Households With Children That Struggled to Cover Household Expenses Were at Least Twice as Likely to Rely on CTC
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/02/harder-to-pay-bills-now-that-child-tax-credit-payments-have-ended.html/
More households with children had difficulty paying for usual household expenses after Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments ended in December, according to new Household Pulse Survey (HPS) results.
5. Report signals benefits of pilot project giving no-strings-attached cash to low-income D.C. families
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/26/guaranteed-basic-income-dc-poverty-thrive/
Hundreds of low-income D.C. families reported better mental health and food security after participating in a direct cash pilot program that could be a model for efforts elsewhere, according to an Urban Institute analysis of the program’s effectiveness.
6. Sexual harassment and assault linked to high blood pressure in women, study says
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/health/sexual-trauma-high-blood-pressure-wellness/index.html
Women who reported having experienced both sexual assault and workplace sexual harassment had a 21% increased risk of hypertension, a new study found.
7. More than 5 million children have lost a caregiver to the pandemic, a study says.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/24/world/covid-19-tests-cases-vaccine#maternal-deaths-rose-during-the-first-year-of-the-pandemic
A new study estimates that at least 5.2 million children around the world lost a parent or other caregiver to Covid-19 in the first 19 months of the pandemic.
8. Maternal deaths in the U.S. rose during the first year of the pandemic.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/24/world/covid-19-tests-cases-vaccine/maternal-deaths-rose-during-the-first-year-of-the-pandemic
The number of women in the United States who died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth increased sharply during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study, an increase that health officials attribute partly to Covid and pandemic-related disruptions.
9. In Many US States, Child Marriages Violate Statutory Rape Laws
https://www.futurity.org/child-marriage-laws-sexual-violence-2701052/
Some US states exempt sex between married spouses from their definition of statutory rape, which may create perverse incentives for child marriage, researchers report.
10. F.D.A. Grants the First Condom Approval for Anal Sex
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/health/fda-condoms-anal-sex.html
Though public health experts have long advised the use of condoms for anal sex to protect against H.I.V. and other infections, regulators did not have enough data to allow marketing for that use.
11. Overcoming Depression After Divorce
https://psychcentral.com/depression/ways-to-beat-depression-after-a-divorce
Post-divorce depression can happen to anyone. Here’s how to cope if it’s happening to you.
12. The Enduring Significance of Jumping the Broom
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/style/jumping-the-broom-wedding-tradition.html
Once a symbolic way for enslaved people in the American South to recognize their marriages, modern couples say that this tradition is a way to honor those who did it before them.
13. Omicron Revived a Heartbreaking Pandemic Measure in NICUs
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/02/omicron-neonatal-intensive-care-units/622851/
With cases rising, more parents were having to isolate from their vulnerable newborns.
14. Why the US doesn’t have universal child care (anymore)
https://www.vox.com/videos/2022/2/18/22941032/us-universal-child-care-government-funded-policy
Other rich countries have family policies the US doesn’t.
15. Why some people choose synthetic partners over human ones
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/03/01/why-some-people-choose-synthetic-partners-over-human-ones/
16. “Women’s Work” and the Welfare State: New Analysis Quantifies how Gender, Class, and Social Policy Shape Unpaid Care Work
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/02/15/womens-work-and-the-welfare-state-new-analysis-quantifies-how-gender-class-and-social-policy-shape-unpaid-care-work/
