<p>Men outnumber women three to one on government coronavirus task forces globally, a disparity that risks creating an unequal recovery, the United Nations warned on Monday.</p>.<p>Women made up just 24 per cent of representatives on task forces set up to manage the recovery in 137 countries examined in a study by the UN and the University of Pittsburgh's Gender Inequality Research Lab. Of the 225 task forces, 26 had no women at all.</p>.<p>Multiple studies have found that the pandemic disproportionately impacts women, who have taken on a larger burden of childcare with schools closed and been more likely to suffer job losses, while domestic violence has also risen.</p>.<p>A lack of women in decision-making positions will only exacerbate that inequality, said UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.</p>.<p>"It is inconceivable that we can address the most discriminatory crisis we have ever experienced without full engagement of women," she said in a statement.</p>.<p>"At the moment, men have given themselves the impossible task of making the right decisions about women without the benefit of women's insights."</p>.<p>The study found 32 countries failed to factor gender into their recovery policies and programs at all.</p>.<p>Four out of 10 women in employment work in the industries with most job losses - including food, retail and real estate - compared to 36.6 per cent of men, UN agency the International Labour Organization has shown.</p>.<p>Women with children now spend an average 65 hours a week on unpaid chores - nearly a third more than fathers - according to the Boston Consulting Group, which questioned parents in five countries.</p>.<p>Achieving gender equality by 2030 was one of the global goals adopted by the UN in 2015 to tackle social ills like poverty and conflict.</p>
<p>Men outnumber women three to one on government coronavirus task forces globally, a disparity that risks creating an unequal recovery, the United Nations warned on Monday.</p>.<p>Women made up just 24 per cent of representatives on task forces set up to manage the recovery in 137 countries examined in a study by the UN and the University of Pittsburgh's Gender Inequality Research Lab. Of the 225 task forces, 26 had no women at all.</p>.<p>Multiple studies have found that the pandemic disproportionately impacts women, who have taken on a larger burden of childcare with schools closed and been more likely to suffer job losses, while domestic violence has also risen.</p>.<p>A lack of women in decision-making positions will only exacerbate that inequality, said UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.</p>.<p>"It is inconceivable that we can address the most discriminatory crisis we have ever experienced without full engagement of women," she said in a statement.</p>.<p>"At the moment, men have given themselves the impossible task of making the right decisions about women without the benefit of women's insights."</p>.<p>The study found 32 countries failed to factor gender into their recovery policies and programs at all.</p>.<p>Four out of 10 women in employment work in the industries with most job losses - including food, retail and real estate - compared to 36.6 per cent of men, UN agency the International Labour Organization has shown.</p>.<p>Women with children now spend an average 65 hours a week on unpaid chores - nearly a third more than fathers - according to the Boston Consulting Group, which questioned parents in five countries.</p>.<p>Achieving gender equality by 2030 was one of the global goals adopted by the UN in 2015 to tackle social ills like poverty and conflict.</p>