Women facing the global crisis
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Group of women, Senegal.
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By: Emmanuelle Bastide
59 mins
France, United States, Japan, Algeria ... All over the world, women are paying a heavy price for the consequences of the covid-19 pandemic.
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According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), job loss for women reached 5% in 2020 against 3.9% for men.
By next year, an additional 47 million women and girls are expected to fall into extreme poverty, according to United Nations projections.
In all areas, jobs, insecurity, domestic tasks ... It is clear that it is not good to be a woman in this time of crisis.
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With:
Hélène Perivier
, economist at
OFCE
(French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures), specialist in social and family policies and gender inequalities.
Anne-Cécile Mailfert
President of the
Fondation des Femmes, the
foundation behind the report
The impact of covid 19 on women's employment
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