Inside Covid-19's "lost year" for women at work
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...