Ziqitza further states that the majority of these workers who were rendered jobless were employed in the informal sector, and half of them were women. Ziqitza healthcare refers to recent media report which states that during the lockdown, out of the total percentage of working men and women, 47% women permanently lost their jobs compared to just 7% men. The pandemic has the worst affected women. As per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 13.8 % of microenterprises in India are owned by women and are operational in sectors like beauty, education, tourism, food, retail etc. These sectors have been pillaged the worst by the pandemic.