evidence: US employers cut 140,000 jobs in December, all of which were held by women, according to government data released on Jan. 8. Women accounted for 111% of December’s employment losses and lost 156,000 jobs, while men gained 16,000, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) found. [...] Women of color, who are more likely to work in industries that lack paid sick leave and work from home flexibility, were especially impacted by job losses, according to CNN. Roughly 154,000 Black women left the workforce in December, which was the largest one month drop since the beginning of the pandemic in March and April 2020, NWLC found. Latinx women currently have the highest unemployment rate at 9.1% followed by Black women at 8.4%. Meanwhile, white women have the lowest unemployment rate at 5.7%. While economists advise against putting too much weight into one month’s employment rates, according to CNN, women have steadily experienced losses throughout the year. Women have lost 5.4 million jobs, or more than half of all jobs since February, compared to 4.4 million job losses for men, according to NWLC. While women started the year holding 50.03% of jobs, they ended the year holding 860,000 fewer jobs than men.