While COVID-19 has disproportionately affected working women more than men, UNSW Canberra research has found a hybrid workplace could help progress gender equality. It has been more than a year since the first COVID-19 cases were discovered in China and the virus has subsequently impacted 200 countries around the world, claiming 2.5 million lives. Globally, people have become accustomed to lockdowns of varying lengths based upon location and policies, children learning at home remotely rather than in person for extended periods, and some degree of working from home.