This brief explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s economic empowerment in the tourism sector.
Also, this brief examines emerging research and data on these impacts; identifies innovative responses to these challenges across regions; and makes concrete recommendations for action by different stakeholders to ensure that women’s economic empowerment is central to the COVID-19 response and recovery in the tourism sector. Photo: UN Women/Pornvit Visitoran
Women make up the majority of the workforce in the tourism sector and this percentage is often concentrated in low-skilled or informal work with limited access to social protection. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 54% of the global tourism workforce was made up of women, with large differences between countries.
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Advancing Women's Economic Empowerment in the Tourism Sector in COVID-19 Response and Recovery–
