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India's 2nd Covid wave worsens one of the world's worst gender gaps: Explained

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Here are five charts that show how the pandemic is dealing a blow to women in India:Job lossesProvincial lockdowns by state governments to break the virus’s transmission cycle hurt economic activity, which in turn resulted in more than 17 million jobs being lost in the past two months.

The impact was especially severe for women, with their unemployment rate shooting up to 17%, more than double the rate for men, data from private research firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt.

showed.Labor participationSeveral women who lost their jobs didn’t look for new ones, CMIE data shows. The young and the women are those who suffer the most in times of economic shock, said Mahesh Vyas, the research firm’s managing director.

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