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Women globally spend more time on average focusing on household responsibilities than men, according to the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at the Rotman School of Management. Around the world, “women still do 50% more unpaid work at home than men,” according to GATE. Women overall also are reporting lower satisfaction levels with work-life balance than men.
The pandemic has likely exacerbated these feelings, said Liz Elting, founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, in an interview with Business Insider.
Women who work from home “have kids to take care of with quarantining and home-schooling going on, and the work is basically falling on women,” Elting said. “So it’s a very difficult time for women, whether they do need to go out and risk their lives to take care of their families or if they’re at home earning a living and trying to take care of their family.”