Inside Covid-19’s “lost year” for women at work The pressures of remote working and economic ruin have hit women hardest. What will the impact of Covid-19 on gender equality be in the long run? Since England’s third coronavirus lockdown started in January, Jennifer has regularly been working until 11pm. A single mother with a child in primary school, the academic and policy expert has faced an excruciating balancing act that has become the norm for many working parents during the Covid-19 pandemic. Between home-schooling, caring for her daughter, and doing her own work, there has been little time for anything else. Pushed to exhaustion, she was “lucky”, she tells me, that her workplace enabled her to take up part-time furlough, topping up her pay from the 80 per cent covered by the government.
I have no doubt that Flora Stevenson would be delighted with the progress that has been made during the last century for women in education, society and politics.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman listens as Nicola Sturgeon addresses the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Russell Cheyne/pool/Getty Images)
In Scotland, our government has a female majority cabinet with a female First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and Cabinet Secretaries for: Health Jeane Freeman; Finance Kate Forbes; Economy Fiona Hyslop; Environment Roseanna Cunningham; Communities Aileen Campbell and Social Security Shirley-Anne Somerville.
In the economy, great progress is being made to improve female participation in the labour market and representation on boards.
TUC and Heathrow call on Sunak for survival support for UK aviation theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Use at least 8 characters, an uppercase and a lowercase letter, and a number or symbol.
Please ensure your password has at least 8 characters, an uppercase and a lowercase letter, and a number or symbol.
By clicking Create Account and Subscribe you agree to us creating an account for you and subscribing you to our newsletter in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.
Emails, which may be sent daily or less frequently, may include marketing elements. We will not share your email address with any third parties. You can unsubscribe whenever you want.
By clicking Sign in and Subscribe you agree to us subscribing you to our newsletter in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.
For the first time in recent history of the Corporate Affairs Commission, its headquarters was shut down by picketing workers, who accused the management of corruption, high-handedness and violation of labour laws. The rift almost turned bloody but for a sense of reason which prevailed and saw the management and the leadership of the two labour centres, NLC and TUC agree to seek fresh dialogue to resolve the conflict. Onyebuchi Ezigbo reports
Recently, labour crisis rocked the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The matter was so bad that it led to the shutting down of the headquarters of the commission for one day by picketing workers under the aegis of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). From what emerged from the face-off, the dispute was two-fold. First there was a misunderstanding between staff belonging to two labour centres, NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over recruitment of members, while another part of the dispute had to do allegations of corruption and anti labour prac