United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, says the
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is worsening existing gender inequalities.
In a video message on Thursday, Guterres said the rights of
women was at the risk of being reversed by the deadly virus.
He said the Coronavirus pandemic has devastating economic
and social consequences for women and girls than men.
He explained that although there were indications that the
virus might be killing more men than women, about 60 percent of women around
the world work in the informal economy, hence at greater risk of falling into
poverty.
Guterres said: “As markets fall and businesses close,
millions of women’s jobs have disappeared.
“At the same time, as they are losing paid employment,
women’s unpaid care work has increased exponentially as a result of school
closures and the increased needs of older people.
“These are combining as never before to defeat women’s
rights and deny women’s opportunities.
“Progress lost takes years to regain. Teenage girls out of
school may never return.”
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