Masked - The Documentary

MASKED the documentary, highlights the results of the “Voices of Saint Lucian Women: A Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Frontline Workers, Small Entrepreneurs, Pre-School Teachers and Hospitality Workers”. The women featured are on the frontline. They are small entrepreneurs in early childhood education; hospitality and agriculture - sharing their personal stories of the immediate and longer-term impact of COVID-19 which has resulted, in some cases, in them losing their jobs. UN Women Programme Specialist-Economic Empowerment & Statistics, Isiuwa Iyahen explains that before the pandemic hit, 57% of hospitality workers were women and 43% men. However in the documentary, the women also recount how they were able to maintain livelihoods and how some of them were able to pivot to re-establish an income stream. The documentary is a part of the project UN Women is undertaking with the Ministry of Equity and Social Justice in St. Lucia under the Joint SDG Fund on Adaptive Social Protection which is being implemented by UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP and ILO. (23 minutes).