The YWCA Toronto has released a new report entitled “An Intersectional Approach to COVID-19 She-Covery” discussing a feminist, intersectional approach to COVID-19 recovery efforts. The report acknowledges that diverse communities of women in Canada face a range of risks during this pandemic and suggests that a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to COVID-19 recovery efforts will likely fail to meet the needs of women and girls, heighten gender-based inequalities, and increase social and economic disparities.
From the report: “In paid work, women are concentrated in minimum wage jobs, frontline health and cleaning professions, and social services work, exposing them to greater risk of contracting the virus. Women constitute 90% of Canadian nurses, 75% of respiratory therapists and 90% of personal support workers in long-term care and nursing homes. The economic fallout is also greater for women. Women make up just under half (47%) of all paid workers in Canada, but account for two-thirds (63%) of all job losses. Among workers in the core demographic aged 25 to 54 years, women represent 70% of all job losses thus far.”
