Pandemic Crisis Fuels Decline of Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
moderndiplomacy.eu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from moderndiplomacy.eu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
World Bank Group (via Public) / Pandemic Crisis Fuels Decline of Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
publicnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publicnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Richard Guyer Lawyer Finance Foley Lardner Jacksonville
natlawreview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from natlawreview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Modern Diplomacy
Published 4 weeks ago
Working women in Latin America and the Caribbean were disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic compared to men. This fact underscores the need for the countries of the region to adopt measures to prevent the widening of the gender gap in the labor market, which persists despite decades of progress.
Women’s participation in the labor market rose from 41 percent in 1990 to 53 percent in 2019, a significant upward trend that is at risk of reversing in the current context, according to a new World Bank report.
“Women tend to have a more fragile employment situation than men, with jobs in the informal sector, in tasks that require more face-to-face interaction and less remote work, such as trade, personal care or tourism,” said Ximena Del Carpio, World Bank Practice Manager for the Poverty and Equity Practice Group for Latin America and the Caribbean. “In times of crisis, these workers are much more vulnerable to changes in t