19. 在谈到疫情造成的经济影响时，她强调指出，世界银行已警告疫情可能使多达1 亿人陷入极端贫困，其中大多数可能是妇女。没有大规模的额外财政刺激方案，就不可能实现经济复苏，这不但适用于大的行业，也适用于妇女集中的小型企业。这对妇女有影响，因为它决定了可投资于性别平等的开支大小。
19. Touching on the economic impact of the pandemic, it was stressed that the World Bank has warned the pandemic could cause up to 100 million people to fall into extreme poverty, the majority of which are likely to be women. Economic recovery will not be possible without sizeable additional fiscal stimulus packages, not only for large industries but also for the smaller businesses, in which women tend to be concentrated. This has implications for women insofar as it determines the spending available for investing in gender equality.