Women *Represent 70% Of the Global Health Workforce
In these stressful days the novel coronavirus seems to hit female health care workers harder than others who contract the disease. No wonder since right now, where workers are on the front lines of patient interactions, women in health-care jobs make up more than 70% of the global workforce.
As these women making up the majority of health-care workers globally, women are overwhelmingly also the primary caretakers in their families. This means that many women in health care are balancing a demanding work life and home life at the same time.
This emphasizes that these women health-care professions also have responsibility to take care of parents, who are older, and school-aged children, so no wondering their lives are enormously impacted by worrying about elderly relatives and by school closures.
Let’s think about following, it are people who go into health care, whether they’re nurses or physicians, they do it because they want to help people. So, who takes care if the caretaker, while people normally run away from tragedy, these are the folks that run toward it, and we just need to support them and keep them safe!
We can’t emphasize enough that attention must be paid to ensuring safe conditions for ALL caregivers, special attention is needed for female health-care professions —not only in access to personal protective equipment essential to ensuring they are able to function well.
Let’s start to pay attention to what is happening in peoples’’ homes and support an equal sharing of the burden of care between women and men. There is a great opportunity to “un stereotype” the gender roles that play out in households in many parts of the world. Men can (should) take a role to assist with the daily household tasks. Let’s start now to tribute to our shared humanity, making a difference to implement actions that build a more equal world!
Important observation what needs immediate attention! Across the globe, medical professionals have said that they do not have enough access to personal protective gear and equipment, and access to more may be difficult to ensure. This very concerning for the livelihood of our caretakers and their families.
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