The global economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic has one peculiar characteristic: unlike previous recessions, in which women increasingly entered the workforce in response to the economic downturn, the current crisis has seen women pushed out of employment.
Nicknamed the “shecession,” the first five months of the pandemic in Brazil caused an increase in the disparity between men and women with regard to paid employment. On the one hand, jobs traditionally performed by female workers — such as childhood education and paid domestic work — have been drastically affected by social distancing measures and quarantines.
At the same time, the reduction in the availability of care services has left women overworked, being the demographic chiefly responsible for caring for needy portions of the...
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