Alison O Connor: Covid has reduced women to a 1950s gender stereotype
Alison O Connor asks why women have been the ones to pick up most, if not all, of the slack when it comes to childcare, home schooling and keeping the household running during Covid
Even mothers who have not been economically affected by the pandemic will say the pressure has been huge trying to keep on top of working, schooling, the laundry, cooking and keeping the kids on an even keel, while mostly failing to find any spare personal moments at all.
Mon, 08 Mar, 2021 - 14:05
It’s been described as the shadow pandemic the way in which the lives of women have been so disproportionately affected by Covid, all the way from the boardroom to the kitchen table. Those effects stretch from the near-impossible juggling of work and home schooling, to worldwide increases in domestic abuse and child marriages.
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Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8 we chat to five prominent Limerick ladies about their road to success and the challenges of today.
DEE RYAN - CEO, Limerick Chamber
Who is, or has been, the most influential female in your life, and why?
The most influential women in my life are my mom, aunts, cousins and friends - my crazy tribe. They are a varied mix of incredible women, ranging in ages from 24 to 69. I am hugely influenced by their strength /resilience and hilarious, caring, no-nonsense take on life. They have instilled values of hard work and fun into my life and I am very grateful for their love and support.
International Women's Day 2021 is being celebrated across the globe on March 8 like every year. The day is very special for the UN has set aside the date as an exclusive day for women to acknowledge their existence and celebrate womanhood. A day when a women's step towards breaking the glass ceiling to prove herself on par with the other sex is recognised. Even though women