What Does the Coronavirus Pandemic Mean for Gender Inequality?

Does the impact of COVID-19 affect men and women differently? While coronavirus seems to have a higher fatality rate in men, women may suffer more from the economic fallout from the crisis, be vulnerable to domestic abuse, and have to provide the increased amount of childcare that comes with lockdowns.

 

Presenters Jonathan Charles and Kerrie Law were joined by Linda Midgley, PwC specialist in Sustainable Strategy and SDGs; Dawn Duhaney, Partnership Manager at Wellcome Trust UK; and Sonya Barlow, co-founder of Like Minded Females, to discuss whether the pandemic exacerbates existing gender inequality.