Rethink Ireland: Covid impacts felt more by women than by men

Report outlines the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has affected women’s jobs and incomes, home care responsibilities, and led to an increase in domestic violence and worsening mental health.

Deirdre Mortell, CEO of Rethink Ireland, Amy Power, Rethink Ireland, and Orla O’Connor, director of the National Women’s Council, at the launch of the report, ‘The Impact of Covid-19 on Women’s Economic Mobility’, on the Rosie Hackett bridge in Dublin, the first Liffey bridge to be named after a woman

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a damaging effect on women’s economic mobility. That’s according to a new report launched by Rethink Ireland.

‘The Impact of Covid-19 on Women’s Economic Mobility' is based on testimonies from participants of programmes run by Awardees of Rethink Ireland’s Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Fund. The fund supports social enterprises and charities that are working to improve women’s economic mobility.