The COVID-19 Lockdown Will Ravage Prospects for India's Female Workforce

Swaminathan, Hema and Lahoti, Rahul (2020) The COVID-19 Lockdown Will Ravage Prospects for India's Female Workforce. The Wire.

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The coronavirus pandemic will almost certainly exacerbate existing inequalities in society. We are already bearing witness to how social distancing and lockdown are panning out across India. The relatively better off can afford to lockdown. They have money to stock up; paying jobs that are mostly secure and even if they are not, the loss of a couple of months of salary does not force them to make hard choices affecting their survival in any way. For poorer people, both the economic and health implications of the coronavirus outbreak are far more serious with survival at stake for many.

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Swaminathan, Hema and Lahoti, Rahul

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