title: Gender Gaps in Eurasia
abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the socio-economic vulnerability that women living in the Eastern Partner region and Central Asia face. Domestic violence has increased dramatically; women have taken on more unpaid work; remittance flows to households have fallen; and women have been particularly affected in the labour market, because they are disproportionately employed in some of the hardest-hit sectors, especially those with high levels of informality. Against this background, t
journal: OECD eBooks