Women make up 90% of frontline health care workers globally \u2014 and those in unpaid roles are grossly underpaid yet continue to hold health systems together in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released on Thursday.<\/p>
The report, \u201cSubsidizing Global Health<\/a>,\u201d was published by the nonprofit organization Women in Global Health and compiled from existing research and interviews with women health workers in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mexico, and Zambia. The report exposed a stark lack of data about women working unpaid in health systems.<\/p> There is a direct correlation between women\u2019s lack of equal pay within the industry, extreme stress on health systems, and health care workers leaving the field, Dr. Magda Robalo, the managing director at Women in Global Health, said in a press release issued to Global Citizen.<\/p> Women in Global Health recommends collecting accurate data on unpaid and underpaid health workers and creating decent jobs for all women in the formal health workforce, in order to increase gender equality and promote women\u2019s economic empowerment by closing the projected\u00a018 million global health worker gap<\/a>\u00a0that is threatening global health security.<\/p> Here are six more key takeaways on the state of women\u2019s unpaid work in health care from the report.<\/p> Read the full article about women's unpaid work by Leah Rodriguez at Global Citizen.