Let's stop ignorin women's voices in times of crisis
Source: Young Fabians
By Mhairi Tordoff,
Covid-19 catapulted the UK into chaos. This lockdown is unlike anything we could have ever imagined. Our daily lives have started to look something like a dystopian novel, just with more banana bread. Within the chaos emerged a frightening trend. The experts called on to give us guidance were predominantly men.
The Expert Women Project found that in March the proportion of male experts platformed peaked at a three year high. There were 2.7 male experts to every one female expert interviewed on the UK’s top six news programmes. This is despite women making up the bulk of the care sector, facing horrific increases in domestic abuse and being more likely to be taking on increases in unpaid caring responsibilities.
This tendency to ignore women’s voices in times of chaos is not unique to the current pandemic.
Click here to read the full article published by Young Fabians on 28 May 2020.
By Mhairi Tordoff,
Covid-19 catapulted the UK into chaos. This lockdown is unlike anything we could have ever imagined. Our daily lives have started to look something like a dystopian novel, just with more banana bread. Within the chaos emerged a frightening trend. The experts called on to give us guidance were predominantly men.
The Expert Women Project found that in March the proportion of male experts platformed peaked at a three year high. There were 2.7 male experts to every one female expert interviewed on the UK’s top six news programmes. This is despite women making up the bulk of the care sector, facing horrific increases in domestic abuse and being more likely to be taking on increases in unpaid caring responsibilities.
This tendency to ignore women’s voices in times of chaos is not unique to the current pandemic.
Click here to read the full article published by Young Fabians on 28 May 2020.