we will hear from belinda gates and jamie zimmerman of the -- melinda gates and jamie zimmerman of theoundation next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: melinda french gates says the pandemic has stalled progress on critical issues like poverty and climate change, calling gender inequality the most alarming. this among new findings from the goalkeepers report released by the bill and melinda gates foundation. back in march of last year, french gates told me that women were in crisis as the pandemic dragged on. i asked her about the state of women now. take a listen to what she had to say. >> i would say still in crisis. women's livelihoods were destroyed by the pandemic. whether you were in the informal sector or whether you had a job, women are saying i can't do my job at the same intensity as before or at all if i don't have safe and affordable childcare. that is just a problem. we have pushed women out of the workforce and we have so many girls across the world who are not in school anymore. emily: how could a recession or prolonged economic downturn make this worse? >> inflation also make