OECD Forum Series 2022 : Women at the Frontline of the Recovery

OECD Forum Series 2022

Women at the Frontline of the Recovery 

31 March 2022 
14:00 - 15:30  CEST 

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Some fear that the impact of the COVD-19 pandemic may be putting back the clock to the 1950s, with many women potentially leaving the labour market forever. This is a key moment to harness our collective awakening to the fact that our economies and societies depend on the paid but also unpaid work in healthcare, childcare, education, long-term care and home care which is largely provided by women, and often by women from minority backgrounds. Drawing on the OECD Forum 2021 virtual event “Building a gender-inclusive recovery”, we will take advantage of this conversation to address what now needs to happen to make sure that women at the frontline of helping all of us through the pandemic get real recognition for their immense contribution to our societies.

Join us on 31 March for this important discussion.


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Thought leaders from the OECD and beyond share their perspectives on the COVID-19 crisis and other global challenges. What should decision-makers and policy-shapers do now and for the future? How can we meet unprecedented health, social, environmental and economic challenges, and be greater than the sum of our parts? 

Hidden Costs of the Pandemic on Gender Equality: Has COVID-19 Taught Working Mothers to Prioritize Their Family (Again)? 

by Johanna S. W. Kruger, Mara A. Yerkes, Belle Derks & Ruth van Veelen

Two years into the pandemic, the initial shifts towards more gender-equal task divisions have bounced back. If work-family guilt leads mothers and essential workers to reconsider their investment in paid work, years of improvement in gender equality could be undone.

Success for Women is Success for Everyone: Closing Gender Gaps Starts with Understanding 

by Sydney Heimbrock and Gina Sheibley

Women have borne the brunt of COVID-19 across all aspects of our lives. Gina Sheibley and Sydney Heimbrock from Qualtrics present four key ways leaders can elevate women’s voices and address the inequities they face to create a better normal for all. 

A gender-equal pandemic recovery needs a gender-equal health workforce

by  Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Women in Global Health

When the story of the pandemic is written, will history record that women—as 70% of health and care workers and 90% of nurses—carried us through this global health emergency? 

The Door to Innovation: Education is the key to getting more women into tech

By Corinne Vigreux, Co-Founder, TomTom

Mainstreaming Teleworking and Gender Equality: A Double-Edged Sword?

By Ellen Ernst Kossek and Clare Kelliher

While teleworking has grown, there is evidence of the pandemic’s profound negative impact on women’s employment, setting back women’s career equality a generation.

Stereotyping and sexism at school: the pervasive nature of these issues and how they perpetuate gender inequality

By Helen Connolly, SA Commissioner for Children and Young People, Government of South Australia

An examination of the prevailing attitudes and experiences of stereotyping and sexism amongst children has led Commissioner Connolly to doubt gender equality will occur any time soon. To affect real change, we must integrate gender equality into schooling, she argues. 

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The OECD is compiling data, analysis and recommendations on a range of topics to address the emerging health, economic and societal crisis, facilitate co-ordination, and contribute to the necessary global action when confronting this enormous collective challenge.

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