Safeguarding women’s rights during the Covid-19 shutdown - The Mail & Guardian

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Women will be disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly considering their contribution as caregivers, in both professional and domestic settings.

. Young women constitute 57% of the more than 5-million people living with HIV and Aids in South Africa.

Hospitals are preparing to care for only the most severe cases — possibly just 5% to 20% of the total. With the largest number of people self- isolating and medicating, women will most likely bear the burden of this home-based care as they have done in the case of HIV and Aids. The big difference is that whereas the burden of HIV and Aids can be shared by the community, caring for a Covid-19 patient is, of necessity, a lonely job.

But a real fear as the economy shrinks is whether they will have jobs to return to. Already, according to domestic workers unions, this sector has been one of the most susceptible to retrenchments as middle-class families struggle to make ends meet. Migrant women who lack immigration papers are especially vulnerable.

 

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It a about time you woman. stopped wining . You complain about every fucking thing .

Your reporting leaves a lot to be desired! Please explain how you got to this conclusion? Never mind, your thumb-sucking is legendary!

Please spare us with this unwarranted victimhood. Data shows more men are dying from this virus

Men will be dying more disproportionatley from the Coronavirus. In China the fatality rate of 2.8% in men compared with 1.7% in women. In Italy upward of 70 percent of deaths have been. Could M&G maybe park the wokeness during a real crisis?

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