WOMEN: Empowering Our Vanguards Against COVID-19
Bringing different problems along its way for men and women, the COVID‑19 pandemic has created, and is still creating, a major disorganization worldwide. And being as risky as it is to act as vanguards against such foe, still, based on a data given by the OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus, 70% that makes up the healthcare work force are women. Maintaining ground on the frontlines against COVID‑19, the impact of the crisis on women is being put at greater risks. Women face compounding burdens, and that they are over-represented working in health systems. Though, yes, it is true that medical perspective suggests that COVID‑19 seems to hit men harder than women. Fatality rates for men who have come in contact with COVID‑19 are 65-85% higher than for women (WHO). However, as COVID‑19 continues to spread, the impact of the pandemic on women is becoming more severe. They continue to do the majority of paid and unpaid care work in ...