Women have shown better COVID-19 outcomes than men – in part thanks to an additional X chromosome and sex hormones like oestrogen, which provoke better immune responses to the virus that causes COVID-19. But any such advantage is reversed when it comes to the social and economic effects of the pandemic; here the brunt falls heaviest on women.

O que tem afetado desproporcionalmente as mulheres é a insegurança e a perda de emprego porque as mulheres tendem a trabalhar em setores informais sem proteção ou benefícios financeiros.