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How discrimination against women is built into most job support schemes – Britain's included

  • Written by Rose Cook, Senior Research Fellow, Global Institute for Women's Leadership, King's College London
How discrimination against women is built into most job support schemes – Britain's includedThe sectors hardest hit by coronavirus are predominantly staffed by womenMichele Ursi / Shutterstock.com

Chancellor Rishi Sunak won plaudits for the UK government’s furlough scheme, which helped stave off mass unemployment when vast swathes of the UK economy went into lockdown. But as the end of that initiative draws near and a new job...