The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) launched on Monday 20 April a web page compiling a series of data and observations highlighting the gender inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The information published on this page has been divided into six fields. They concern: – workers on the front lines; – the impact of gender on health; – unpaid work at home; – economic hardship and gender; – gender violence; – people in vulnerable situations.
Among the inequalities identified by the EIGE, for example, women make up 76% of health workers in the EU and are therefore particularly exposed to the virus.
With more women than men (26% versus 15%) in precarious jobs, they are likely to be the first victims of the economic recession, the EIGE also points out.
Another example of information put forward by the institute is that school and workplace closures and the risk of elderly parents falling ill could further increase the burden of unpaid work (caring for a relative, housework), work in which women already spend 13 hours more than men per week.
To read the letter: https://bit.ly/3cxwDP9 (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)