Corona Impact: Gender Pay Gap Likely to Get Worse as More Women Get Laid Off, Take Time off Work

Mar 31, 2020 | Christine Murray
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MEXICO CITY: Advances in closing the worldwide gender pay gap are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus, experts and advocates warn, as women take time off work to care for others and the low-paid sectors they dominate cut back hours and staff. 

Women earn about a fifth less money than men around the world, reflecting factors from motherhood and employment in lower-wage jobs to stereotypes in promotion decisions, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).