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The Pink Pandemic: Don’t Covid-Coat the Problem, Lift Women Up - Building Online Business
We are only now beginning to understand the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on women in the global workforce. Not only did the pandemic disproportionately affect women, particularly those in marginalized communities, working mothers, and female caregivers, but it worsened the gender gap in the workplace, setting women back by decades. According to The National Women’s Law Center, by early 2021, only 57% of U.S. women were working — the lowest number since 1988. And, the rest of the world fared no better. McKinsey & Company reported that while women account for only 39% of global employment, they suffered 54%
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