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COVID-19: Gender And Access To Human Rights

Sebnem Kenis, Senior Policy Advisor (Gender and Human Rights), Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) & Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI)

The Covid-19 crisis affects people differently due to already existing structural inequalities, power asymmetries, … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Gender And Access To Human Rights”

COVID-19: Is It Gender-Blind? Shall The Response Be Gender-Blind Too?

Blogpost on COVID-19 and gender equality by Olga Bezbozhha, Programme Officer at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute

The provisional analysis of a sex-disaggregated COVID-19 cases indicates that the virus is as widespread amongst women (47%), as amongst men (52%) [Women … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Is It Gender-Blind? Shall The Response Be Gender-Blind Too?”

Gender Equality: ‘Greatest Human Rights Challenge in Our World’

Today, February 11, is Women and Girls in Science day. Therefore, we wish to take a moment to celebrate women and girls in science as well as female researchers.

Few women in science and research

Women represent half of … Continue reading » “Gender Equality: ‘Greatest Human Rights Challenge in Our World’”