Can the world ‘build back fairer’ to end gender inequality?
Roundtable
English - June 30, 2021 11:54 - 26 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews roundtable discussion interview politics current affairs foreign affairs economy news current events debates heated discussions Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
COVID-19 is said to have wiped out years of progress on gender inequality. That’s why campaigners want women to be given priority when it comes to the pandemic recovery. Women are twice as likely to be out of work than men because of COVID-19. As trillions of dollars are pumped into rebuilding economies, can gender inequality be ended?
Guests:
Anita Bhatia
Deputy Executive Director at UN Women
Sharan Burrow
General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
Rosemary Morgan
Associate Scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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