Enregistrement – AIRAANZ 2021 Conference

by Nicolas Roby

Covid-19 and Women’s Work Symposium

La pandémie de COVID-19 a de profondes conséquences économiques et sociales en Australie et dans le monde, et a un impact particulier sur les femmes. Cela est dû au rôle des femmes sur le marché du travail (dans de nombreuses professions “essentielles”, par exemple les soins aux personnes âgées, et à leur surreprésentation parmi les travailleurs à temps partiel et occasionnels) et dans le ménage (où le “double poste” des femmes au travail et à la maison peut avoir une forte incidence sur les modalités de travail à domicile des travailleurs pendant la pandémie). Par exemple, selon Cooper et Mosseri (2020), les femmes ont été touchées de manière disproportionnée sur le plan financier en termes de travail rémunéré, tandis que Collins et al (2020) soulignent qu’elles ont connu une augmentation du travail non rémunéré en raison de la prestation de soins et des besoins en matière de scolarisation des enfants. Le FMI déclare que la pandémie va renverser 30 ans de progrès en termes de réduction de l’écart de rémunération entre les hommes et les femmes, et a exacerbé les inégalités déjà existantes sur le marché du travail, en particulier du fait que les femmes sont segmentées en professions plus vulnérables à l’emploi précaire ou davantage touchées par les exigences de distanciation sociale (FMI 2020a, 2020b).

Elizabeth Hill (University of Sydney) et Sara Charlesworth (RMIT University/CRIMT)
Work + Care in a gender responsive recovery: A bold policy agenda for a new social contract
Emilie Genin et Melanie Laroche (Université de Montréal/CRIMT)
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the working conditions and employment trajectories of women in Quebec: between hope and despair
David Peetz (Griffith University/CRIMT) et al. (diverses universités)
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national study of women in universities
Linda Colley (CQ University) et Sue Williamson (UNSW Canberra)
Working from home during the pandemic: the experience of men and women public servants

Visionnez ce symposium [Contenu en anglais] co-organisé par David Peetz (Griffith University/CRIMT), dans le cadre du Congrès 2021 de l’Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ), tenu les 3, 4 et 5 février 2021.

Recording – AIRAANZ 2021 Conference

by Nicolas Roby

Covid-19 and Women’s Work Symposium

The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential for having profound economic and social consequences in Australia and globally and has particular impact on women. This is because of women’s roles both in the labour market (in many ‘essential’ occupations, eg. aged care, and being over-represented among part-time and casual workers) and in the household (where women’s ‘double shift’ at work and home can interact strongly with home-working arrangements for workers during the pandemic). For example, according to Cooper and Mosseri (2020), women have been disproportionately impacted financially in terms of paid work, while Collins et al (2020) point to their having experienced increases in unpaid work due to care giving and schooling needs. The IMF states that the pandemic will roll back 30 years of progress in terms of narrowing the gender pay gap, and has exacerbated the already existing inequalities in the labour market, particularly as women are segmented into occupations that are more vulnerable to casualised employment or affected by social distancing requirements (IMF 2020a, 2020b).

Elizabeth Hill (University of Sydney) & Sara Charlesworth (RMIT University/CRIMT)
Work + Care in a gender responsive recovery: A bold policy agenda for a new social contract
Emilie Genin & Melanie Laroche (Université de Montréal/CRIMT)
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the working conditions and employment trajectories of women in Quebec: between hope and despair
David Peetz (Griffith University/CRIMT) et al. (various universities)
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national study of women in universities
Linda Colley (CQ University) & Sue Williamson (UNSW Canberra)
Working from home during the pandemic: the experience of men and women public servants

Watch this symposium co-hosted by David Peetz (Griffith University/CRIMT) at the 2021 Congress of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) on February 3, 4 and 5, 2021.