Build back equal

Nepal, March 8 -- The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated a wide range of inequalities. If leaders are serious about 'building back better,' policies to overcome the systemic forces that underlie them must form the heart of their agendas.One such divide is the gender gap. Since the pandemic began, women have suffered job losses at a higher rate than men-not least because they are overrepresented in many of the hardest-hit industries,...