Women in the labor market - severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

According to an EU 2021 report on gender equality, women are overrepresented in the sectors most affected by the crisis (retail, hospitality, care and domestic work), as these jobs cannot be created. remotely. Women also had greater difficulty re-entering the labor market during the partial recovery last summer 2020, with the employment rate increasing by 1.4% for men but only 0.8% for women between the second and third quarters of 2020

At the same time, forced imprisonment has a significant impact on unpaid care and work-life balance: Women spend an average of 62 hours a week caring for children (compared to 36 hours for men) and 23 hours a week on housework (15 hours for men).

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