QUEENDOM
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on people's lives and livelihoods worldwide, we can already observe that the pandemic and its economic ramifications have a regressive influence on gender equality. This pandemic has had a massive effect on women's work and well-being, and sadly, the virus increases the burden of unpaid care, which women disproportionately carry by the day. This, among other things, indicates that women's employment is declining faster than the national average, even after accounting for the fact that men and women work in different industries. As a woman, I am heartbroken when I ponder how hard women battled for gender equality throughout the century. You might be wondering why I seem to be overdramatizing women's suffering, especially now that we're in the midst of a pandemic, so before we get to our central point, let me tell you a short narrative about women and how they struggled for their rights in this patriarchal society. Now, let's