Women are leading pandemic relief and recovery as non-profit workers, but their childcare duties are holding them back

Author Eleonore Fournier-Tombs
What the pandemic is revealing about childcare in Canada

Why It Matters

Women make up between 75 and 85 percent of the non-profit workers at the forefront of pandemic relief and recovery. They also take on a disproportionate share of childcare duties, both pre-pandemic and while schools and daycares are closed. Lifting some of this burden could be critical to the pandemic recovery.

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