7 Aug 2020

Covid-19: National Party says recovery not providing jobs for women

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 7 August 2020

The National Party is criticising the government's list of "shovel-ready projects", meant to kickstart the economy, for not generating enough jobs for women.

Many of the projects on the list will create work in construction - a male-dominated industry.

That's after new unemployment numbers revealed that 10,000 of the 11,000 people who lost their jobs during the pandemic were women.

Barbara Kuriger is the party's spokesperson for women.