As the world faced tormenting waves of one of the worst forms of catastrophes in the nature

of a global pandemic, India wasn’t left far behind. As mortality rates shot up, people across
regions picked up armours to defend and protect. Amidst all the chaos, a spotlight on gender
analytics would show the contributions made by women across myriad sectors, starting from
the unpaid domestic chores sector to frontline workforces, has been of paramount importance
while achieving an equitable recovery road for a pandemic ridden world. As per UN Women
Reports, women take up 47% of health workers and 80% of nurses and midwives, thereby
forming a major chunk of the frontline workforce which actively aided in reducing the impact
of COVID-19. Apart from that, women in the role of SEWA workers (Self-Employed
Women’s Association) also engaged in spreading awareness about COVID-19, distribution of
rations and essential commodities in poor and marginalized communities, which in turn acted
as a catalyst in improving the situation in such “low access” areas, thereby accelerating the
overall recovery panorama of the nation.