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How the COVID crisis affected Australian women

03.07.2021 - By Grattan InstitutePlay

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COVID has compounded the effects of career breaks for women. Just six months out of work can add another $100,000 to the average $2 million lifetime earnings gap between men and women with children in Australia. This International Women’s Day, listen to Danielle Wood, CEO, Kate Griffiths, Fellow, and Tom Crowley, Associate, on how the COVID recession has affected women, now and into the future, and what we can do to ‘build back better’.

Read our full report: https://grattan.edu.au/report/womens-work

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