Statsguru: India continues to fail its women as Covid-19 made things worse

India's economic participation and opportunity index was rising till 2012

Abhishek Waghmare
Last Updated at April 7, 2021 10:16 IST

India remains a country with a higher gender gap

The World Economic Forum in its Global Gender Gap report of 2021 has not just highlighted the sad state of unequal progress of women among the two major genders, but also found evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic affected women more than men.

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