How has Covid-19 changed the workplace for women?

We have put together a range of blogs and news articles from around the world which address the changing labour market due to the coronavirus pandemic and how it is impacting women in the workplace.

If you have any resources or other items on this subject that you would like to share with us or for us to include on this page to form debate and discussion please do contact us at liz.sewell@belinagrow.co.uk

 

Do you need a parent retention strategy?

https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/voices/comment/do-you-need-a-parent-retention-strategy?utm_source=mc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=pm_daily_18112020.Opinion%3a%c2%a0Do+you+need+a+parent+retention+strategy%3f&utm_campaign=7295441&utm_term=5580440

 

Has Covid-19 changed the world of work, and women’s place in it?

https://www.abi.org.uk/news/blog-articles/2020/07/has-covid-19-changed-the-world-of-work-and-womens-place-in-it/

 

The COVID recession is driving more women than men from the job market

https://www.marketplace.org/2020/10/02/the-covid-recession-is-driving-more-women-than-men-from-the-job-market/

 

Covid-19 crisis could set women back decades, experts fear

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/covid-19-crisis-could-set-women-back-decades-experts-fear

 

 

We Must Protect The Careers Of Working Women During COVID-19

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccahenderson/2020/10/05/we-must-protect-the-careers-of-working-women-during-covid-19/

 

 

Brits looking for more ‘ethical’ jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-brits-looking-for-more-ethical-jobs-100025711.html

 

The impact of COVID-19 on rural women and enterprises: A rapid socio-economic assessment in Cambodia by the empower project

https://reliefweb.int/report/cambodia/impact-covid-19-rural-women-and-enterprises-rapid-socio-economic-assessment-cambodia

 

Gender equality: why the Covid-19 pandemic has created a careers crisis for women

https://www.hrzone.com/lead/culture/gender-equality-why-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-created-a-careers-crisis-for-women

 

Gender and Covid-19: the immediate impact the crisis is having on women

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/gender-and-covid19/

 

COVID-19 and gender equality: Countering the regressive effects

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/covid-19-and-gender-equality-countering-the-regressive-effects

 

COVID-19 has hit women hard, especially working mothers

https://news.usc.edu/171617/covid-19-women-job-losses-childcare-mental-health-usc-study/

 

Women bearing brunt of Covid-19 job losses

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/women-of-influence/122366842/women-bearing-brunt-of-covid19-job-losses

 

Our recovery from the coronavirus crisis must have gender empowerment at its heart

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/industries-gender-women-coronavirus-covid19-economic/

 

 

The impact of COVID-19 on labor market outcomes: Lessons from past economic crises

https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/impact-covid-19-labor-market-outcomes-lessons-past-economic-crises

 

Disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on women in the workplace

https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/disproportionate-impact-of-covid-19-on-women-in-the-workplace-4983d98e-2972-4f57-bdac-4df82f763878

 

Covid-19 forces indigenous women to change profession

https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/covid-19-forces-indigenous-women-change-profession-1960273

 

Working women bear ‘double burden’ amid COVID pandemic, webinar hears

http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/working-women-bear-%E2%80%98double-burden%E2%80%99-amid-covid-pandemic-webinar-hears

 

The ‘she-cession’: Covid-19 economy KO’s women in South Africa

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-10-01-the-she-cession-covid-19-economy-kos-women-in-south-africa/

 

 

We can’t let COVID-19 destroy economic gains for women

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2020/07/24/we-cant-let-covid-19-destroy-economic-gains-for-women.html

 

Women’s Unpaid and Underpaid Work in the Times of Covid-19

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2020/06/womens-unpaid-and-underpaid-work-in-times-of-covid19/

 

COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: Assessing jobs at risk and the impact on people and places

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-in-the-united-kingdom-assessing-jobs-at-risk-and-the-impact-on-people-and-places

 

Child care key to women’s recovery from economic impacts of COVID-19: report

https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/09/09/child-care-key-to-womens-recovery-from-economic-impacts-of-covid-19-report.html