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European women are at least 60 years away from winning equality with men and the pandemic could further slow progress, according to a report that measures gender fairness.
The 2020 European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) index reported some advance in the last year but said women still do most of the unpaid work at home and face greater economic risks than men from COVID-19.
It said the pandemic has already increased domestic pressure on women, with more caring, cleaning, and cooking to be done for the millions of families confined to home in lockdown.
Read the full article about COVID-19 and gender equality by Elena Berton of the Thomson Reuters Foundation at Global Citizen.