Why the Pandemic Has Been Worse for Women: Insights from UN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 20 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director for UN Women, joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to discuss the toll COVID-19 has taken on the global fight for gender equality and the toll that it has taken on girls, in particular. In fact, the UN estimates that as many as 11 million girls who left school because of the pandemic will never return. At the same time, it is women primarily who have been getting the world through the worst pandemic, as they occupy the majority of frontline and healthcare jobs.

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0:00.0	We estimate that about 11 million girls would not go back to school ever after the pandemic.
0:06.0	So that's a big setback.
0:09.4	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.
0:12.7	Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.
0:17.4	I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we're looking at the impact the pandemic has had on women globally.
0:23.7	How much progress has been eroded in the wake of job losses and a rise in gender-based
0:28.9	violence and economic inequality?
0:31.3	And how that trend could be reversed as societies rebuild.
0:35.3	I'll ask one of the top experts in the world, the United Nations
0:39.5	Undersecretary General and former Deputy President of South Africa, Fumzile Malambon, Guka.
0:46.3	Let's get to it.
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1:15.4	Thank you. Republic.com to learn more. Fumzile Malambon Guka.
1:17.1	She is the executive director in charge of women for the United Nations.
1:21.6	Not a small job.
1:22.7	Also the first deputy president in South Africa's history.
1:26.7	Fumzile, thanks so much for joining me today.
1:29.4	Thank you so much for having me.
1:31.6	So you've been at the United Nations for almost a decade now.
1:36.6	I'd like to talk to you a little bit about just the trajectory of women's rights and the
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