Limited menstrual pads, food: How poorer Indian women suffered in pandemic

Women are also taking longer to re-enter the workforce after the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the study found.

Women in India’s low-income households lost jobs more often compared to men, cut back on their food intake as well as rest and provided more unpaid care work, according to a study by consulting firm Dalberg.

They are also taking longer to re-enter the workforce after the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the study found. The report, which covered the March-October period last year, found about a tenth of the women surveyed saying they ate less or had run out of food while 16% had limited or no access to menstrual pads while more than 33% of