IndiaSpend's video: Indian Women Out Of Jobs: Covid19 Lockdown Impact DataBaaz Gender Issues Women@Work

Earlier 27% of women were in jobs in India. Covid19 lockdown slashed that to 20%. “This is because sectors in which women are employed-services, food, travel, and hospitality have been adversely affected,” says Soumya Kapoor Mehta, head of IWWAGE, New Delhi. She points out that the other aspect of the problem is work-from-home which adds the burden of domestic chores like looking after children and the elderly. Therefore, the number of women engaged in unpaid care work, which was 94% last year, has soared. Whereas only 20% of Indian men are involved in unpaid care work. Watch this interview to know more about how Indian women are falling off the workforce, the challenges they face - at home and even those who do manage to find work, how COVID-19 has hit them, and what can be done to bring the change. This is the first in the series of stories and conversations that examines women's barriers to work. Subscribe to our channel for more stories and interviews like this one. DataBaaz tells data-led, evidence-based stories in the public interest. We need you to support our journalism: Tweet us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KWU0bh Share our stories on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2JmXHDT Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2PdMxV0 To subscribe to our newsletter, please visit: www.indiaspend.com