The empty desk: Women, Covid and the US economy
Why are women experiencing disproportionate job losses due to Covid in the US?
The Documentary Podcast · BBC World Service
March 9, 202127m 0s
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Show Notes
A year ago American women out-numbered men in the workforce for the first time. Now, after a year of Covid pandemic that process has gone into reverse with more women than men leaving the workforce. Nada Tawfik hears how women are experiencing disproportionate job losses due to Covid recession and hears how working from home has changed work for many women.