Economics
Argentina’s Women Left Behind in Post-Pandemic Jobs Recovery
- A quarter of women under age 30 remain jobless vs. 17% for men
- Unemployment gender gap has quadrupled since before Covid-19
Mercedes D’Alessandro, director of gender, equality and economy at Argentina’s Economy Ministry, in Buenos Aires.
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As Argentina’s economy recovers from last year’s crash, young men who lost their jobs are being re-hired at a much faster pace than young women, according to a report published Tuesday by the Economy Ministry.
A quarter of Argentine women under age 30 are currently unemployed, compared to 17% of young men. That gender jobless gap of 8 percentage points has quadrupled from 2 percentage points before the pandemic.