“Historically women are disproportionately impacted by crises, disasters and societal disruption, and Covid-19 checks all those boxes,” said Dr Kara McGann, head of social policy with Ibec,
There were 271 respondents to the survey last month, more than half of them in the services sector and a little above one-third in manufacturing, while the remainder were in distribution. The findings confirm growing concerns that Covid-19 “has the potential to regress hard-earned progress” in gender equity, Ibec said.
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