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Kathleen Martin
Guest
Talking about gender inequality is difficult enough as it is. Add the pandemic into the mix, and the voices of some of the most marginalized women in the world are stifled more than ever, getting lost in the sea of the latest health scares and COVID-19 updates. In the quiet background and at the most chaotic front lines, women are facing old challenges in a new light.
The health crisis has already presented issues for women in the workplace, at home, and in academia. Every part of the world is experiencing these issues to varying degrees.
In underdeveloped countries, existing healthcare limitations are exacerbated by the pandemic. In the most well-developed and advanced parts of the world, everything from spousal abuse to corporate inequality seems to be getting worse. Some brands and organizations are doing their part in empowering women, but we have yet to see significant, meaningful changes taking effect.
Childcare and household chores
Work-life balance, anyone? If the notion seems impossible in regular circumstances, try imagining what that looks like for a modern-day woman with a family and her own home. Now that remote and home-based work are the norm, women, and especially single moms and mompreneurs are facing immense challenges due to the pandemic.
Most of them cannot rely on elderly parents to take over childcare, since that exposes them to a greater risk of catching the virus. They are on their own, taking care of their children and their professional duties, without the ability to balance their lives, not to mention the lack of proper financial support.
Continue reading: https://womenlovetech.com/why-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-a-major-challenge-for-gender-equality/
The health crisis has already presented issues for women in the workplace, at home, and in academia. Every part of the world is experiencing these issues to varying degrees.
In underdeveloped countries, existing healthcare limitations are exacerbated by the pandemic. In the most well-developed and advanced parts of the world, everything from spousal abuse to corporate inequality seems to be getting worse. Some brands and organizations are doing their part in empowering women, but we have yet to see significant, meaningful changes taking effect.
Childcare and household chores
Work-life balance, anyone? If the notion seems impossible in regular circumstances, try imagining what that looks like for a modern-day woman with a family and her own home. Now that remote and home-based work are the norm, women, and especially single moms and mompreneurs are facing immense challenges due to the pandemic.
Most of them cannot rely on elderly parents to take over childcare, since that exposes them to a greater risk of catching the virus. They are on their own, taking care of their children and their professional duties, without the ability to balance their lives, not to mention the lack of proper financial support.
Continue reading: https://womenlovetech.com/why-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-a-major-challenge-for-gender-equality/
