Overcoming COVID-19 will require tackling inequality
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Author: Winnie Byanyima, Undersecretary-General of the United Nations; Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Given the need to fund treatment and vaccines, there is pressure to scale back funding for social provisions, but leaders must boldly finance a more equal world.
Gender inequality is not only wrong, it is dangerous and weakens us all by depressing economic potential and threatening progress against pandemics.
World leaders can finance an equal economic recovery from COVID-19 by issuing Special Drawing Rights, cancelling debt and increasing domestic revenues.
April 7, 2021
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COVID-19 has been a setback for women. Gender-responsive policies can stem the losses
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Author: Ruma Bhargava, Project Lead, Fourth Industrial Revolution for Health, India, World Economic Forum, C4IR India & Dr Megha Bhargava, Deputy Commissioner Income Tax, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
COVID-19 pandemic has exposed socio-economic inequalities in health, income, education and mental wellbeing.
Women in countries like India, who are already socially disadvantaged, have suffered these negative impacts more than most.
Kingdom sees slight progress on global gender gap index
Jordan climbs 7 points to rank 131 out of 156 countries
By Rana Husseini - Apr 07,2021 - Last updated at Apr 07,2021
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AMMAN The Kingdom climbed seven points on the gender gap index, according to the World Economic Forum’s report “Closing the Gender Gap Accelerators 2021”.
The Kingdom’s new ranking was 131 out of 156 countries. In 2020, the Kingdom came in the 138 place out of 153 countries, the report said.
The Kingdom managed to close its Economic Participation and Opportunity gap by at least one full percentage point in one year, according to the report.
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Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content
• Panamanian women, like women around the world, have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Panama was one of the first countries to partner with the Equal Pay International Coalition.
• Now the government continues to introduce further measures to build women’s participation in the workforce.
The struggle for the overall equality and economic empowerment of women has persisted for many generations and became more acute as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionally impacted more women in the workplace than men. This was no different in Panama, with 46.5% of employed women working in sectors most impacted by the crisis, compared to 29.6% of employed men. As economies strategize to rebuild in a post-pandemic scenario, gender-oriented policies tha