Our Recovery from the Coronavirus Crisis Must Have Gender Empowerment at its Heart

May 14, 2020 | Cecilia Ugaz Estrada, Müge Dolun, Carmen Schuber, and Nicolas Schmidt
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What most crises have in common is that they hit the most vulnerable and marginalized populations—among which women are disproportionally represented—the hardest. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women, especially those facing multiple forms of discrimination related to poverty, race or disability, is increasingly being documented. As reported in the UN Secretary General’s “Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women”, and captured widely through media reports, women and girls globally suffer more from the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, simply by virtue of their gender.