Women must be included in rebuilding economies after the pandemic marked “a step backward” for equality in many countries by hitting them disproportionately, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said.
Marin, 35, presides over a coalition of five parties — all led by women — and a country where universal health care and social safety nets helped shield people from the worst of the economic crisis. Among global leaders in gender equality, Finland also found that the majority of frontline workers fighting the virus are women. And the bulk of domestic duties remains with them.
