{"id":27175,"date":"2021-04-02T08:39:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T06:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/na-preodolenie-gendernogo-neravenst\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T09:43:11","slug":"covid-widened-the-gender-gap-it-will-now-take-135-years-to-close-that-divide-wef-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/az\/covid-widened-the-gender-gap-it-will-now-take-135-years-to-close-that-divide-wef-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid widened the gender gap \u2014 it will now take 135 years to close that divide, WEF says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The pandemic has worsened the global gender gap, and the World Economic Forum predicts it will now take 135.6 years to reach parity, up from about 100 years before the crisis hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader-headline\">Covid widened the gender gap \u2014 it will now take 135 years to close that divide, WEF says<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27172 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest-31x18.jpg 31w, https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest-200x114.jpg 200w, https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest-350x200.jpg 350w, https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest-400x228.jpg 400w, https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/woman_protest.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-list\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>The pandemic has worsened the global gender gap, and the World Economic Forum predicts it will now take 135.6 years to reach parity, up from about 100 years before the crisis hit.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c100 years to global gender parity was already not good enough, and now (it is) 136 years globally,\u201d said Saadia Zahidi, a managing director at the World Economic Forum.<\/li>\n<li>One reason why the gender gap has widened is that sectors hit hard by Covid-19 \u2014 such as tourism and retail \u2014 happen to employ many women, she said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>One reason why the gender gap has widened is that sectors hit hard by Covid-19 mostly employed women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether that\u2019s travel and tourism that\u2019s shut down globally, or (the) consumer and retail sector that has been impacted in so many countries, these are large employers of women,\u201d Zahidi said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Another factor is that many women took on extra responsibilities at home during the lockdowns as schools closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has then meant a sort of a \u2018double shift\u2019 for women,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The WEF said data from market research firm Ipsos suggest this \u201cdouble shift\u201d of paid and unpaid work contributed to an increase in stress, anxiety around job security and difficulty in maintaining work-life balance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleBody-subtitle\"><a id=\"headline0\"><\/a>Role of governments and companies<\/h2>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Zahidi said governments have a \u201ccritical role to play\u201d in closing the gender gap.<\/p>\n<p>For example, she said authorities could invest in infrastructure to care for children and the elderly, which would help because such responsibilities fall to women in \u201ctraditional\u201d homes.<\/p>\n<p>Employers can also help women out of higher relative job losses and lower hiring rates in industries that are bouncing back, she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf businesses want to have the \u2026 creativity and innovation that will get them out of the crisis, they need diversity, and so they need to think of this as a business investment as well,\u201d Zahidi said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.cnbc.com\/p\/gZWlPC\/cnbc_global?playertype=synd&amp;byGuid=7000184205\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/01\/wef-covid-worsened-the-gender-gap-it-will-take-135-years-to-close.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cnbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has worsened the global gender gap, and the World Economic Forum predicts it will now take 135.6 years to reach parity, up from about 100 years before the crisis hit. &nbsp; 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