27 Aug 2020

Covid-19: Unemployed women forced to retrain or apply for work well below skill level

From Morning Report, 8:28 am on 27 August 2020

Women who've lost their jobs due to the pandemic are being forced to apply for work well below their skill level or retrain.

There's criticism they are not getting enough help from government who are focussing on so-called "shovel-ready" projects that are likely to employ more men than women.

Matthew Theunissen reports.