The lockdown that has arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may be making violence in homes more frequent, more severe, and more dangerous than before.
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Federal family-leave and childcare support policies can help close gender gaps, JPMorgan said.
Female labor participation sits at 33-year lows and well below mens level due to COVID-19 fallout.
Gender-responsive policies can counter the disproportionate hit women faced during the pandemic.
Full economic recovery in the US might not be enough to close gender gaps exacerbated by the pandemic, JPMorgan researchers said.
The coronavirus and its economic fallout disproportionately slammed American women, with female-dominated sectors like hospitality and education hit the hardest by lockdowns. The greater share of domestic work that women perform in American society also prompted many to leave work and focus on caretaking. Where men made up the bulk of job losses seen during the financial crisis, the current
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While work from home (WFH) has its own benefits, the stress of multi-tasking switching identities every 15 minutes from a professional to a mother or daughter-in-law or wife has been very hard on women.
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Seven in 10 working women and working mothers in India felt managing family responsibilities came in the way of career development during the ongoing pandemic.
“Please let me work from the office, even if only for a couple of hours every day.” Sheila Murthy, a mid-ranking professional at a Mumbai-based finance firm who is now working from home, recently requested her reporting head.
In the week when we celebrated International Women’s Day, the Social Democrats TD says we should settle for nothing less than equal pay for equal work.