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Women & COVID-19

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Discover the impact of the pandemic on women's work

Women

more likely to work in sectors hard hit by COVID-19

Many of these industries are major employers of women

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Retail

Accommodation

Food and beverage

Air transport

Women as % of employment, OECD average

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Source: OECD calculations based on https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/

Women in healthcare

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Source: OECD (2020), Women at the core of the fight against the COVID-19 crisis

Women as carers are on the front line of the crisis

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Women in sectors hard hit by COVID-19

2 in 3 health workers worldwide

1 in 2 doctors in OECD countries

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of long-term care workers are women

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