LISER researcher Marie Valentova, from the Living Conditions Department, contributed as a national expert to the preparation of the international report by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), titled "Evidence to Action: Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in the COVID-19 Recovery". This report encompasses all EU countries and is available online here

This study offers a unique gender assessment of the EU recovery response to the COVID-19 pandemic in both the short and the long terms.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented disruptions to EU economies and societies. An increasing body of evidence shows that the socioeconomic effects of the pandemic hit women particularly hard, and that the adverse consequences of the crisis will affect women more severely than men.