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Young women are hit doubly hard by recessions, especially this one

  • Written by Angela Jackson, PhD Candidate, Monash University
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We are entering our first pink-tinged recession.

The official unemployment figures released on Thursday confirmed that female work has has been more heavily impacted than male work.

Since February 457,517 women have lost their jobs and 380,737 men.

The disparity is likely to be worse when JobKeeper ends. The jobs at risk are...

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