Trust in governments, police, media, and healthcare system all falling during the pandemic

Work–life conflict escalated for many people working from home, with mothers of small children often bearing the brunt of the impact.

The fragility of strides made in gender and socio-economic equality across Europe has been exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, with women, young people, and the economically and socially marginalised most affected.

That is the conclusion of the Dublin-based EU agency European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, or Eurofound, as it examined the fallout from the pandemic through a range of factors.