California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, Sacramento, California: The California Blueprint for Women's Pandemic Economic Recovery

November 1, 2022

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California women went into the COVID-19 pandemic worse off due to existing systemic inequities in the workforce, such as a persistent pay gap and occupational segregation, impacting their wealth building and financial security. Women will undoubtedly continue to face systemic inequities unless halted by deliberate interventions we must deploy now.

The California Blueprint for Women’s Pandemic Economic Recovery is a comprehensive plan based on research CCSWG conducted in partnership with the California Policy Lab to shed light on points of pain and bright spots of hope amid COVID-19 pandemic for a more equitable economic recovery for women. It describes the collective trajectories of groups of women who entered the pandemic already in economic difficulty and explores opportunities to chart new paths based on impact data from federal and state support programs and interventions since the pandemic began.

CCSWG is concerned by the systematic erosion of women’s well-being, human rights, and economic status that have been profoundly accelerated by COVID-19. The Blueprint adopts, for the first time, a gendered lens on the state economy, and offers critical policy solutions that center women as key drivers of industry and key workforce participants.

Authors - Individual Contributors

Darcy Totten, Primary Author, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Holly Martinez, Co-Author, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Michelle Teran-Woolfork, Contributor, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Kellie Jean Hogue, Contributor, California Research Bureau

Evan B. White, Researcher, The California Policy Lab

Brett Fischer, Researcher, The California Policy Lab

Primary Report Editors

Darcy Totten, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Holly Martinez, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Samantha Corbin, Corbin and Kaiser

Kellie Jean Hogue, California Research Bureau

Additional Editors

Marva Diaz, Marva Diaz Strategies

Dani Kando-Kaiser, Corbin and Kaiser

Greg Lucas, California State Library

Lauren Babb, MPS Chair

LTC Erica G. Courtney 2nd Vice Chair

Lisa Zola Greer Member-at-Large

Tifani Bartow, California Commission on

the Status of Women and Girls

Steven Maesteas, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Michelle Teran-Woolfork, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

Evan B. White, The California Policy Lab

Brett Fischer, The California Policy Lab

Graphic Design

Pat Davis Design Group (PDDG)