While SA male employment is back to pre-pandemic levels, women are far behind - survey

09 Jul 2021

Lameez Omarjee

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Women have not benefited from the UIF-TERS and Covid-19 social relief of distress grant as much as men have.

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As at March 2021, women's employment has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels, while men's have made a full recovery, a survey shows.

The fifth and final National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) was released during a virtual event on Thursday; it comprises 16 research papers. The data reflect the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and society.

The data for the fifth survey were collected between 6 April and 11 May - ahead of the peak of the third wave - said Professor Nic Spaull, co-principal investigator of NIDS-CRAM.

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