Why gender equality would mean resilience against COVID-19

"As Australia responds to the coronavirus pandemic, capacity to cope with the crisis is under strain from a secondary crisis - one of care work. This care crisis is a result of increased pressure on the health workforce and system, increased need for unpaid care work, such as childcare, and the dividends for heterosexual households presented by the gender pay gap." Project Co-ordinator Romy Listo has written this article for Broad Agenda.