News worth paying attention to: Are female founders unfairly targeted? – the ‘Momnibus’ plan – Melinda Gates on caregiving

Are female founders in the startup world being unfairly targeted? From the Wing to Outdoor Voices to Away, the ranks of powerful women who have been forced to step back at the companies they created continue to grow. [Fortune]

How Kamala Harris could resurrect aspects of her ‘Momnibus’ plan: Advocates see in the vice president-elect a White House ally to legislatively address the crisis of pregnancy-related deaths. [The 19th]

Women, BIPOC Remain Underrepresented on TV, Nielsen Study Finds: Women, for example, make up 52 percent of the population of the United States but only received 38 percent of screen time on the top 300 shows on broadcast and cable networks and streaming platforms in 2019. [The Hollywood Reporter]

Melinda Gates: This pandemic has exposed our nation’s broken caregiving system: The coronavirus has laid bare what was painfully clear to many families already: The caregiving system in the United States is broken, and it is women who are paying the price. [Washington Post]

Covid Shrinks the Labor Market, Pushing Out Women and Baby Boomers: [E]conomists see three reasons the pandemic’s depressing effect on the labor force could linger. First, it appears to have sped up some baby boomers’ decision to retire, shrinking the number of productive workers in the economy prematurely. Second, it is forcing some parents of young children, in particular women, to reduce their hours or stop working altogether, which could make a comeback harder. Third, it is falling particularly heavily on workers with less education and skills. [Wall Street Journal]