WOMEN POLICY TRACKER ON RESPONSIVE POLICIES & PROGRAMS DURING THE NEW COVID-19
PANDEMIC
The COVID-19 outbreak has an impact on both men and women. However it impacts women in different
ways. In Egypt, women make up around 42.4% of human doctors and 91.1% nursing staff of who are
actually working for the Ministry of Health, in addition to 73.1% of nursing staff in hospitals and
therapeutic facilities in the private sector are women1. Women in the health sector are more likely to
be exposed to the virus and dealing with enormous stress balancing paid and unpaid work roles.