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Women in lower-middle-income countries facing worst brunt of pandemic: Data

There are 44 million fewer jobs for women across the world compared to pre-pandemic period; 25.5 million fewer jobs were available in lower-middle-income countries

The 2022 study, “Women, Business and the Law”, has taken into account legal reforms in the period from October 2, 2020, to October 1, 2021.
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Further analysis shows that the brunt has been borne by women in lower-middle-income economies, where the situation for women was much worse, to begin with

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On Monday, a report released by the International Labour Organisation highlighted that the 112 million jobs lost during the pandemic were yet to return to the global economy. As per

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First Published: May 24 2022 | 5:40 PM IST

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