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Covid-19 crisis: the professional situation of women has deteriorated and should not improve

2021-03-29T12:46:30.591Z


A study by the Fondation des femmes, funded by the Île-de-France region, deplores that the government's stimulus plan favors more masculine sectors.


The professional situation of women has deteriorated due to the Covid-19 crisis, according to a report published on Sunday by the Women's Foundation and funded by the Île-de-France region.

And it is not set to improve, according to the authors of this study, based on indicators and data from various observatories already published.

They are worried about a stimulus plan favoring sectors where women are under-represented, such as aeronautics, automobiles, digital technology or even construction.

The various stimulus plans have not taken into account the inequalities between women and men, and risk worsening them durably.

The sectors of the future, which concentrate the major part of the financing of the recovery, are strongly masculinized sectors

”, estimate the authors of the report.

For example, women only occupy 16% of "

green

"

jobs

, such as water management, waste or organic farming.

Generally speaking, they are very few in sectors with high greening potential

”: this is the case for construction (10% of the workforce), engineering (less than 15%) , manufacturing industry (25%), or transport (26%) ”, points out this report.

More prone to "

burn-out

"

The Women's Foundation has calculated: “

of the 35 billion euros of the sectoral recovery plans of June 2020, only 7 billion are dedicated to jobs held by women.

While the feminized sectors are the most affected, the recovery is forgetting them.

The dropout of women is therefore a real and alarming risk

, ”they warn.

The "

first line

" mobilized against the Covid was however overwhelmingly female, recalls the study, citing nurses (87% of women), nursing assistants (91%), home helpers (97%), housekeepers (73%) or even cashiers (76%).

More exposed, women are thus more prone to burnout than men, notes the foundation.

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They were also more hampered in their careers than men during the spring 2020 confinement which accentuated the inequalities between men and women in relation to household chores.

40% of women spent more than 4 hours a day with children, which is double the number of men during this period.

They are 21% to have stopped working.

70% of women believe that this period will penalize them in their careers,

”reports the study, which regrets that confinement has not allowed a“

rebalancing

”of these tasks with men.

Increase in salaries and greater diversity in governance bodies

The decline in inequalities is not inevitable, however, the study believes.

The Women's Foundation therefore recommends the revaluation of salaries in so-called feminized professions, the funding of conversion projects towards future sectors to encourage female entrepreneurship, and the facilitation of access to a public early childhood service.

At work, the association campaigns for the establishment of standards for teleworking or even the strengthening of the fight against violence in the workplace.

Finally, it advocates, both in the private and public sphere, to introduce more diversity in governance bodies.

Source: lefigaro

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