CGDev Online Event: Approaching COVID-19 Risk and Response through a Gender Lens

While the immediate impacts of COVID-19 are already apparent, some have yet to surface, and many of them will have different effects for different genders. Health systems, schools, and entire economies will continue to present gender-differential consequences for months and years to come as a result of this ongoing crisis.

By applying a gender lens to this pandemic, researchers and policy makers can better assess differential risks and target responses to ensure already-vulnerable populations don’t fall even farther behind. Join us for this online discussion with CGD experts, external researchers, practitioners, and advocates on how a gender lens helps us better understand and respond to the threat of COVID-19.

Featuring:

• Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo

• Carleigh Krubiner, Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development

• Amber Peterman, Associate Research Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

• Crystal Simeoni, Economic Justice Lead, FEMNET

• Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, London School of Economics

• Olabukunola Williams, Executive Director, Education as a Vaccine

Moderator:

• Megan O'Donnell, Assistant Director, Gender Program and Senior Policy Analyst