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"During the global COVID-19 pandemic, women have carried much of the unpaid
emotional and domestic burden of caring for their families and communities,
often simultaneously holding down paid jobs, many on reduced hours or salaries.
Women have also been disproportionately affected by job losses, particularly
women of color and ethnic minorities. Worldwide, women lost more than 64
million jobs in 2020 alone, resulting in an estimated US$800 billion loss of
income.
Mirroring these trends, women in Aotearoa New Zealand faced greater economic,
social and health challenges than men. In 2020, women made up 90% of
pandemic-related redundancies. In 2021, many more women were working in
“precarious” jobs. Wāhine Māori and Pacific women, already facing greater
inequalities, have been even harder hit by job losses.
During this time, rates of domestic violence against women and girls surged in
New Zealand and around the world, prompting some to refer to a “double
pandemic” or “shadow pandemic”. Women’s physical and mental health has been
heavily affected for both frontline workers and in the home.
As ongoing research by a cross-cultural team of feminist scholars has been
documenting, New Zealand women have found different ways to cope through the
various stages of the pandemic. But with the pandemic exacerbating gender
inequalities in most areas of life, the fear is that decades of (albeit uneven)
momentum towards gender equity is being lost."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
