OPINION: During the global Covid-19 pandemic, women have carried much of the unpaid emotional and domestic burden of caring for their families and communities, often simultaneously holding down paid jobs, many on reduced hours or salaries. 123rf Women have also been disproportionately affected by job losses, particularly women of color and ethnic minorities. As ongoing research by a cross-cultural team of feminist scholars has been documenting, New Zealand women have found different ways to cope through the various stages of the pandemic. But with the pandemic exacerbating gender inequalities in most areas of life, the fear is that decades of (albeit uneven) momentum towards gender equity is being lost. Not doing so risks decades of gender equity work slipping away.

Source: The Guardian April 21, 2022 22:31 UTC