COVID exacerbated gender inequality

New CCPA report details changes to rates of gender-based violence, wage gaps, mental health and other factors during the height of the pandemic.

Gender inequality has grown worse by many metrics over the past few years, despite a few bright spots, according to a Sept. 27 report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).

“The pandemic has graphically revealed the shortcomings of our current systems of income security and public services, notably gender-based violence services and su…