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April 21, 2020

Resources on Gender-sensitive Responses to COVID-19

As the impact of COVID-19 intensifies globally, we have curated a selection of resources and information on gender-sensitive responses and women’s leadership in times of pandemic.

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As the impact of COVID-19 intensifies globally, we have curated a selection of resources and information on gender-sensitive responses and women’s leadership in times of pandemic.

April 21, 2020
Women make political history in Louisiana, but men still make up the majority

For the first time in U.S. history six women stood on a national platform campaigning to become our next president. That momentum of women wanting to take on political roles continued in Louisiana.

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April 21, 2020
Women are leading Canada’s public health response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak

Judging by numbers of deaths from the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada, the country has been handling the coronavirus outbreak comparatively well.

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April 20, 2020
Votes for women: South Korea's first feminist party seeks parliament seats

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April 20, 2020
Ruth B. Mandel, a voice for women in politics, dies at 81

Ruth B. Mandel was an infant when she and her parents fled Germany on the eve of World War II. They were among the 937 passengers, almost all of them Jewish refugees, aboard the ocean liner St.

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April 20, 2020
Female parliamentarians still face a motherhood penalty, but the evidence globally suggests it can be ended

Why do we still rarely see mothers, especially those with young children, represented in parliament?

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