This is not a gender neutral crisis.

Of the 11m essential frontline workers, women make up: 77% of the healthcare workers, 83% social care, 92% of childcare, and 58% in retail (where the top-5 employers are supermarkets).
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A staggering 98% of the workers who are in high-risk positions (i.e most exposed to the virus) AND paid poverty wages are women.

50% more women than men don't qualify for statutory sick pay because they don't earn enough. This is plain wrong.
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Frontline workers risking their lives to save ours should be entitled to sick pay, on principle. Plus: if high-risk workers can't afford to self-isolate, they won't, which will fuel the transmission of the virus.

Remember: fewer women can afford to stay home to stay safe.
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