Blogs & Opinion
COVID-19's Disproportionate Impact on Women and Girls
26 May 2020 | Jenn Williamson
Because women and girls are already socioeconomically marginalized in many societies, they are especially vulnerable in emergencies. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls in developing...
Climate Change Adaptation and Gender Dynamics
24 May 2020 | Saudia Anwer and Meer Ahsan Habib
Lack of access to safe drinking water and salinity often causes water-borne diseases like diarrhoea and malaria, not only among the children but also the adults. Besides safe drinking water, salinity...
10 Lessons From the COVID-19 Frontline For a More Gender-Equal World
22 May 2020 | Katja Iversen
Evidence shows that disease outbreak affects women and men differently, that pandemics exacerbate inequalities for girls and women, who are also often the hardest hit, and that women play an outsize...
Epidemics, Conflict, and Gold: What We Can Learn from DC’s Ebola Outbreak as We Respond to COVID-19
22 May 2020 | Kady Seguin and Alan Martin
The COVID-19 pandemic is spotlighting the vulnerability of the world’s poorest during a time of crisis. This is especially evident in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities, a poverty-...
Women's Empowerment in Agriculture is Essential to COVID-19 Survival and Recovery
20 May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a devastating threat to lives and livelihoods around the world. Many development organizations and research institutions are raising their voices and calling for governm...
The Energy Sector Needs a Stronger Female Presence
19 May 2020 | Nevelyn Black
Globally, women made up 15% of senior management roles in the power and utilities industry last year. Some industry leaders believe a stronger female presence and voice in the energy sector will...
The Pandemic's Gender Imperative
15 May 2020 | Ann Linde and Arancha Gonzalez
Regardless of where one looks, it is women who bear most of the responsibility for holding societies together, be it at home, in health care, at school, or in caring for the elderly. In many countries...
Libya's Forgotten Half: Between Conflict and Pandemic, Women Pay the Higher Price
14 May 2020 | Asma Khalifa
Immediately after the state of emergency was declared in Libya, the government in Tripoli began dispensing funds intended to combat the pandemic. Half of it tangled in corrupt deals and used to silenc...
Our Recovery from the Coronavirus Crisis Must Have Gender Empowerment at its Heart
14 May 2020 | Cecilia Ugaz Estrada, Müge Dolun, Carmen Schuber, and Nicolas Schmidt
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 pandem...
Empowering Women and Youth for Transformative Climate and Environment Justice
14 May 2020 | Tracy Kajumba
At the beginning of March, Tracy Kajumba was a panellist at the OECD Global Forum on Environment. Here she reflects further on how women and youth can be enabled to strengthen environmental just...