#GAReads | Coronavirus: Will women have to work harder after the pandemic?
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“Coronavirus: Will women have to work harder after the pandemic?”
The situation is particularly difficult in families where parents are trying to work from home while home schooling their children or caring for other relatives.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), it is still women who shoulder three-quarters of all unpaid care work.
“It's no secret that mothers still carry most of the burden of childcare and domestic work in most families,” says Justine Roberts, the founder and chief executive of Mumsnet, the UK’s biggest online network for parents.
Ms Roberts says this reality is “piling the pressure” on women and leaving mothers particularly “fraught”.