Mothers took on bulk of unpaid care work during pandemic

Mothers of schoolchildren have been found to have taken on the majority or all unpaid work in the home.

A new report has shown that women, particularly mothers, were hit the hardest in terms of unpaid work during the pandemic.

According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), two-thirds of mothers of children aged under 12 say they took on a majority or all of the extra care work when schools and childcare facilities closed.