India Coronavirus Dispatch: How Covid is pushing women out of jobs in UP

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How the pandemic is pushing women out of jobs in UP

The lockdown and the resulting economic downturn have aggravated gender inequities, several reports have shown. Women have lost jobs and livelihoods, many are on the frontlines fighting the pandemic as health and social care workers, while also shouldering increased domestic workload. In a state like Uttar Pradesh, which has social and cultural restrictions on women’s mobility, the effects of the current crisis are bound to be even more gender-skewed, experts said. Read more here

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