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.

While many countries are making plans to revive their economies, is there a need for targeted measures aimed at women?

How to permanently change the place of women in society?  

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 

to download here

A decryption of President Joe Biden's recovery plan with 

Loubna Anaki,

correspondent in New York in the United States for RFI

A report by 

Sarah Cozzolino

, correspondent for RFI in Brazil where violence against women has increased since the start of the covid-19 pandemic.

Our correspondent met Viviane Azevedo, social worker in the Paciência neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio, who helps women victims of violence.  

Interview with Viviane Azevedo, social worker, evangelical pastor, and feminist activist in Rio de Janeiro

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