My grandfather worked on the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, and it troubles me.

It also troubled some of the scientists who developed it. Find out more in The Bomb, a brand

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Hello, I'm Tamerson Ford. Welcome to Business Daily from the BBC. Coming up, research is

quickly beginning to show women globally are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

We find out why. Coronavirus has been an absolute disaster for women and for gender equality.

Even before the virus, women were already taking the lion's share of the housework, the cooking, the childcare.

We take a look at how countries with female heads of state are doing things differently.

I don't want to estimate what our men are doing, of course.

But you can't ignore the fact that when women are at the table,

even the words we use to respond to crisis, are different.

And ask the big question, has coronavirus been a disaster for feminism?

That's all in Business Daily from the BBC.

Coronavirus has forced a new normal on everyone around the globe. It means working from home,

if you can. It means juggling childcare with work, if you can. And it means creating new or different streams of revenues to be able to survive if you can. Many say this new, flexible way of working

is a great thing for women. But is it really? No, it's not a great thing for women. I remember all the memes

that were flying around the internet when the lockdown was first announced to remind us to be

cheerful and excited about socially distancing and working from home because this is when

William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton did their very best work, of course, when it was

the plague and they were locked in. But the classic and important thing to notice there is that

neither of them had childcare responsibilities. Lauren Carey is the CEO of Stride and the founder of

Up Front. Organisations focus on getting women's voices heard. You know, I think working at home can be easier and potentially even nicer

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