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Where the women aren’t: on coronavirus task forces

July 25, 2020 No Commentsmaggie

There are 27 members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Only two are women: Dr. Deborah Birx and Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It’s a gender breakdown that’s echoed around the world. For example, 10 of the 31 members and advisers of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee […]

UNU evidence, policy, and interventions for COVID-19 tracker (UNU EPIC Tracker)

July 24, 2020 No Commentsmaggie

The UNU Evidence, Policy, and Interventions for COVID-19 Tracker (UNU EPIC Tracker) is an inventory of the public health, economic, social and community measures taken to address COVID-19 across all countries. These measures include government policies and public sector interventions whose impacts are felt across all levels of society. A living platform, the EPIC Tracker […]

Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs Will the pandemic derail progress on gender equality

Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?

July 15, 2020 No Commentsmaggie

COVID-19 has been declared a public health emergency of international concern and a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. This global threat to health security underscores the urgent need to accelerate progress on achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 and the need to massively scale up international cooperation to deliver on SDG 3. It also reveals what […]

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Where the women aren’t: on coronavirus task forces

UNU evidence, policy, and interventions for COVID-19 tracker (UNU EPIC Tracker)

Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?

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