Addressing Gender Disparities in COVID-19 Recoveries

Addressing Gender Disparities in COVID-19 Recoveries
Women at a vegetable market in Ahmedabad, India, Dec. 3, 2020 (AP photo by Ajit Solanki).

Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has taken an especially high toll on women and girls. From public health to education to jobs and livelihoods, studies have revealed a gender disparity in the impact of COVID-19 that is particularly wide in lower- and middle-income countries. Yet for all the work that’s been done, experts say there’s still a lot they don’t know about how these impacts are being felt across different communities.

To help address this problem, the Center for Global Development recently launched a new initiative to analyze the gendered impacts of the pandemic and study policy responses around the world with the aim of addressing the long-term causes of gender inequality. The leader of the initiative, Megan O’Donnell, discussed her work with WPR’s Elliot Waldman this week on the Trend Lines podcast. Click here to read a partial transcript of the interview.

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