This article takes a condensed look at the impact that SARS-CoV-2 has had on the work-life balance of women engineers across the world in industry, military and academia. The same impact has been felt by all women, not only in science, as it is this gender status that inevitably ties women together, facing the same challenges, and cannot be separated by category of employment, or lack thereof. Studies from around the world give us insight into how the pandemic has instigated changes and influenced choices made between work and domestic demands. Globally, women are burdened with challenges that may compromise their progression in male-dominated fields, such as engineering. Taking a glimpse at this issue for women through an international lens, we identify potential human factors methods to respond to this global problem, offering tools and forewarnings for improving our efforts in designing for, and maintaining equilibrium for women in engineering, technology, academia, and beyond.

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国际启发式一瞥 SARS-CoV-2 对工作与家庭平衡和女性的影响

本文简要探讨了 SARS-CoV-2 对世界各地工业界、军事界和学术界女性工程师工作与生活平衡的影响。所有女性都感受到了同样的影响，不仅在科学领域，因为正是这种性别地位不可避免地将女性联系在一起，面临同样的挑战，并且不能因就业类别或缺乏就业类别而分开。来自世界各地的研究让我们深入了解这一流行病如何引发变化并影响工作和家庭需求之间的选择。在全球范围内，女性面临着挑战，这些挑战可能会影响她们在男性主导的领域（例如工程学）的进步。通过国际视角来审视女性的这一问题，我们确定了应对这一全球性问题的潜在人为因素方法，提供了工具和预警，以改进我们在工程、技术、学术界、超越。