Why Corona is a feminist issue

Coronavirus has put women out of work more frequently than men, led to a spike in domestic violence, pushed women’s healthcare down the list of priorities, and set the scene for a mental health crisis for women. Yet politicians appear blind to the pandemic’s gendered consequences. Dr Clare Wenham, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at the LSE, talks to Helen Lewis about how the pandemic has hit women hardest, and what we will need to learn from it. 

• “We’re seeing exactly what happened with Zika and Ebola – but on a global scale.”
• “Female-dominated industries are the ones hardest hit by pandemics. What it means is, women lose their jobs.”
• “British exceptionalism means we haven’t learned from what happened during pandemics in the rest of the world.”

Presented by Helen Lewis. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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