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D. de bhrí go ndéanann paindéim COVID-19 difear díréireach do mhná, go háirithe mná atá ag obair san fhostaíocht fhorbhásach, in earnálacha baineannaithe agus sa gheilleagar neamhfhoirmiúil chomh maith le mná atá thíos leis an bhforéigean agus leis an gciapadh inscnebhunaithe méadaithe, a bhfuil freagrachtaí cúraim agus baile neamhíoctha agus neamhchothrom orthu, agus le rochtain shrianta ar shláinte ghnéis agus sláinte atáirgthe agus na cearta a bhaineann leo; de bhrí go bhfuil an baol ann, le paindéim COVID-19, go ndéanfaí rolladh siar ar an dul chun cinn maidir le comhionannas inscne, go háirithe sna Ballstáit sin ina raibh na táscairí réamhphaindéime comhionannais inscne níos ísle; de bhrí gur cláraíodh mionmhéadú 0,6 pointe in Innéacs Comhionannais Inscne 2021 i gcomparáid leis an mbliain roimhe sin;
D. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy as well as women affected by increased gender-based violence and harassment, unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities, and restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back progress with regard to gender equality, especially in Member States where the pre-pandemic indicators of gender equality were lower; whereas the 2021 Gender Equality Index registered a minuscule increase of just 0,6 points in comparison with the previous year;