COVID-19
Could COVID-19 widen the workplace gender gap?
Office life will be different after COVID-19, with desks far apart, Plexiglass barriers and a health warning on handshakes. But the biggest change could be a notable absence of women.
Ellen Wulfhorst
Ellen Wulfhorst is the Chief Correspondent of the Americas for the Thompson Reuters Foundation.
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