New Close the Gap report shows women will be harder hit by COVID-19 job disruption

Scottish Charity Close the Gap have published a new report highlighting the effect of COVID-19 on women’s employment, I have included the accompanying blog post below, please check out the post here. Much analysis has been published detailing the anticipated labour market impacts of COVID-19 including the predicted “jobs recession”. However, to date there has been a lack of focus afforded to the specific impacts on women’s employment. Our latest briefing highlights that women will experience disproportionate labour market disruption as a result of the pandemic. Overall, COVID-19 is likely…

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