#COVID19.”It may seem a weird time to push for gender matters, but if inclusion is important in good times, it is needful in hard times. Data suggests that women are the glue that will hold families, communities, organisations and economies together during and post-Covid-19. Covid-19 risks worsening inequalities and clawing back gains in inclusion. Pre-Covid, women did three times as much unpaid care work at home as men. In Kenya, most women work in the informal and other sectors that have been greatly affected by Covid-19, like restaurants and tourism.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2020 21:00 UTC