"Single women are met with these obstacles into their advancement into leadership for not being a man nor being what 'women leaders should look like.'"

"The airline's policies treat pregnancy like a stigma that assumes women pilots are ‘unfit’ to discharge their duties ably."

13 million fewer women will stay employed in 2021 compared to 2019, while men’s employment recovers to 2019 levels, the report notes.

"Domestic" functions like administrative work that are undervalued in organizations often fall on women due to gender bias.

The ruling came after a married daughter sought appointment on compassionate grounds to a deceased parent's government position.

"No country has achieved gender equality, and the Covid19 crisis threatens to erode the limited gains [too]," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.