Lisa Brown cited data from a childcare industry assessment study commissioned by the state Child Care Collaborative Task Force that showed one in five parents turned down a job offer or promotion because of childcare issues. Additionally, she points to the alarming  “she cession,” in which four times more women than men left the workforce last September. Women have disproportionately suffered pandemic-related job losses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since February 2020, women have lost nearly 5.8 million net jobs, accounting for 53.9% of overall net job loss nationwide since the start of the crisis. The numbers are worse for Black and Latina women, with about 1 in 9 unemployed – a rate more than 1.5 times higher than for white men.