Harris and Jill Biden are setting an important example, normalizing working moms at a time when many of America’s working moms are under even more pressure than usual.

A massive transfer of wealth is under way as male baby boomers die, leaving assets to spouses, and as more women become breadwinners. The shift is expected to put women in charge of about $30 trillion of assets by 2030, roughly a $20 trillion increase from 2016.

"The 19th amendment didn’t make female suffrage legal—it made all the previous instances when it had been denied a crime. And that’s why US president Donald Trump’s intention to posthumously pardon women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony, who was incarcerated for voting while female, is misguided."

A new pop-up shop at MoMa - “Design Innovations for Women” - features 21 products created by female entrepreneurs and inventors that offer elegant, sympathetic solutions for various stages and circumstances in many women’s lives including a board game about menstrual cycles, an ingenious wearable breast pump, jewel-like vibrators, a FIFA-approved hijab and a groundbreaking bike saddle designed for women’s comfort.

This new reality requires a significant reimagining of gender in the workplace, one that will ultimately help all employees be more productive, creative and satisfied at work.

Unemployed, out of money and with little prospects in a country now struggling to contain Covid-19 infections, Ethiopian women employed as domestics have sought to escape Lebanon for some eight months now.

In a recent study, women in every income band did more childcare than similarly-earning men; the greatest disparity was for women who didn’t work or were relatively low earners.

Some 11% of married couples with one partner between 25 and 54 years old had no earners in April. This is by far the highest rate of dual-unemployed couples on record. The share of couples with no earners never rose higher than 7% during the Great Recession.

Women in the workplace face myriad small daily considerations—what to wear, how high to sit, when to speak up. They (along with men who don’t conform to industry stereotype) do so in order to eliminate potential distractions from an otherwise successful meeting. Only now, a lot fewer of those considerations are necessary.

Several Instagram accounts yesterday posted stories with chats from a group titled “bois locker room.” The group’s members, seemingly belonging to some reputed schools in Delhi, purportedly made derogatory comments about women and morphed their bodies in the group chat.

While both men and women are affected by the economic downturn, there is evidence from the past that violence against women increases during episodes of high unemployment.

If saving human lives is the overarching objective, it is worth asking ourselves this question: could the lockdown, which is essential, be organised better to minimise or eliminate the loss of lives from the negative consequences of the pandemic management measures?