Pollara Strategic Insights for The Prosperity Project — a newly formed gender-equality volunteer organization with a mission to soften the impact of the pandemic on Canadian women — found the weight of homemaking, child care and schooling during the COVID-19 lockdown fell disproportionately on women.
And many who were also juggling professional responsibilities thought about leaving their jobs.While working parents, in general, said they experienced high stress without being able to count on daycares and schools, working mothers were significantly more likely to say they contemplated dropping out of the workforce.