Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed once again that women are structurally disadvantaged because they still carry the main burden of paid and unpaid care work, which is not yet adequately recognized and valued. Gender equality is not an add-on but crucial and urgent, even more so in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic shows that the goals achieved are tenuous, that gender stereotypes and inequalities remain deeply-rooted and that women and other vulnerable groups are in particular danger of suffering from economic and social disadvantage. The Trio Presidency calls for holistic measures to increase knowledge and data on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of gender equality and for a definition of adequate and gender-responsive measures in all policy areas, including violence against women and domestic violence, economic inequality, and the inequalities between men and women regarding paid and unpaid work. Gender equality must be a fundamental part of social and economic recovery plans. In this context, a gender perspective should be mainstreamed in all policies and measures and all relevant actors involved, including womens rights organizations.
[Source: website: www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/service/information-material-issued-by-the-federal-government/trio-presidency-declaration-on-gender-equality-1769474]