COVID-19 negatively affected women’s income, health, security, says UN Women’s top official

COVID-19 negatively affected women’s income, health, security, says UN Women’s top official

The Hindu

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected women’s income, health and security, and now there is a “magnified problem” of the impact of care burden that is precluding them from rejoining the workforce, top Indian-origin official at the UN Women, Anita Bhatia, has said ahead of the International Women’s Day. Ms. Bhatia, the Assistant-Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of New York-based UN Women, a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women, stressed on the need for women-focussed policies as nations strive to build back better.
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