Study warns women face job losses and increased unpaid care duties as debt and conflict-driven turbulence force spending cuts Study warns women face job losses and increased unpaid care duties as debt and conflict-driven turbulence force spending cuts Women are hit hardest when the debt burden in developing countries rises, a trend expected to worsen as the war in the Middle East continues, UN research shows. A report by experts from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), based on data from 85