Narrowing gender gap in workforce, higher education via online access

Women were among the hardest hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. Women were among the hardest hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. [istockphoto]

Women were among the hardest hit during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many were forced out of the workforce and overall, they lost more jobs than men did.

Two years on, they remain just as vulnerable, left behind in a 'gender-unequal' employment recovery, according to the International Labour Organisation.