COVID-19 has cost the world’s women $800 billion in lost income

May 4, 2021

According to Oxfam Executive Director Gabriela Bucher, the pandemic has "dealt a striking blow" to recent gains for women in the workforce Image: Unsplash/Eutah Mizushima

Sophia Sun

Journalist, Thomas Reuters

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