🧵For #IWD2022, Emmanuela Gakidou, @luisaflorr, @JosephRFriedman expand on their new @TheLancet study about the #COVID19 pandemic worsening gender gaps in 📚education, 💼employment, and ‼️ gender-based violence. More in @ThinkGlobalHlth thinkglobalhealth.org/article/covid-…
📚In recent years, girls have overtaken boys in educational attainment. But during the #COVID19 pandemic (and previous crises), girls were more likely to drop out of school
With school closures disrupting education the past 2 years, urgent #GenderEquity-focused measures are needed to help girls remain and return to school, including economic incentives, safe bathrooms & facilities, and effective communication of education’s benefits with families
💼Women’s economic prospects are still shaped by stereotypical gender roles, tending to work in the hospitality, education, & domestic work sectors that were more affected by the #pandemic
Plus, women were more likely to report forgoing paid work to care for others & the gap ⬆ as pandemic went on
Policies to promote economic #genderequality, such as replacing women’s disproportionate manual labor and mandated family-friendly working conditions, are critical
‼️Over half the women surveyed in @TheLancet study reported ⬆ in gender-based violence during #COVID19. Interventions to prevent gender-based violence that shape cultural practices and gender norms are necessary
The authors urge the global community to do all it can to promote #genderequality in all policies #IWD2022
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