Thursday Awareness

Introduction In October 2020, 93 in 100 urban women were suffering from a crisis called female unemployment. Female unemployment refers to the current labor gap between unemployed men and women in the workforce. The term has gained new meaning as the preexistent work epidemic has worsened in the last year. As COVID-19 destructs lives and livelihoods, the pandemic and its economic fallout are producing a regressive effect on gender equality. Gender segregation of economic activities, the worsening health crisis, and the fall of international trade have led to the genesis of the most extensive female unemployment crisis since the 1980s.  Since the industrial revolution, participation of women in the workforce has increased in industrialized nations, with substantial growth seen in the 20th century. India's biggest challenge on the employment front has been getting its women populace into the labor force. While 67 percent of all men of working age are employed, only 9 percent of all w...

   The world is in the midst of Covid 19 Pandemic. As WHO and partners work together on the response – tracking the pandemic, advising on critical interventions, distributing vital medical supplies to those in need—they are racing to develop and deploy safe and effective vaccines. Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Vaccines work by training and preparing the body’s natural defenses, ‘the immune system’ to recognize and fight off the viruses and bacteria they target. After vaccination, if the body is later exposed to those diseases, causing germs, the body is immediately ready to destroy them, preventing illness. Approved Covid-19 vaccines provide a high degree of protection against getting seriously ill and dying from the disease, although no vaccine is 100% protective. Hence even after getting vaccinated, we must take all the precautions.  Covid-19 vaccines will prevent serious illness and death, we still don’t know the extend to which it keeps you from being...