This image didn’t end up in the final report for @foreignpolicymag and @gatesfoundation but it is my absolute favorites so I’m just putting it here ❤️‍🩹 It is about the increase unpaid care work among girls as the pandemic hits. “Girls caring for children: In East Africa, child care provider Kidogo estimates that about 60 percent of families who were previously using Kidogo centers have now shifted responsibility to adolescent girls, some as young as 8 or 9 years old. In Latin America, the presence of school-age children at home is associated with an increase in job losses among women but not among men.” Working on this assignment was meaningful but also quite challenging. Looking at all the statistics and images of suffering women and girls had me feel deflated for weeks. And yet as a woman and a mother of girls, I choose to have hope 💓 Thank you again AD Lori Kelly 💕 ____________________________________________ #illo #illustragram #illustration #editorialillustration #illustrationartists #illustrator #illustrationart #foreignpolicy #gatesfoundation #womenempowerment #genderequality #policymakers #postpandemic #covid #womenwhodraw #womenofillustration