COVID-19 Healthcare Workers: 70% are Women
by Inez Miyamoto, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Abstract: This article highlights some of the gendered effects emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic in the global healthcare sector, which is dominated by women. Women comprise 70% of the global healthcare workforce, and yet only hold 25% of the senior roles in the healthcare profession. They also hold lower-status roles, many of which are underpaid or unpaid.
Today, more than ever, the world needs healthcare workers responding to the pandemic, but they are struggling to stay healthy in an environment where there is a shortage of personal protective equipment and of access to rapid testing for the virus. Healthcare workers face a greater risk of exposure to COVID-19 and of transmitting the virus to others because of the close and prolonged contact with sick patients.
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