A look at how women-led countries are responding to COVID-19; employees are facing workplace retaliation when raising COVID-19 safety concerns; street harassers did not get the social distancing memo.

*"Today at Ms."** | **June 17, 2020*

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*How Women-Led Nations Respond to COVID: Lessons from Germany, Norway and New Zealand [ [link removed] ]*

BY GEORGETOWN INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY | Women-led nations have been praised for their effective response to COVID-19 and relatively low mortality rates. So what are these women leaders doing differently?

*Black Essential Workers Twice as Likely to Experience Workplace Retaliation During Pandemic [ [link removed] ]*

BY JENNA ASHENDOUEK | One in eight workers has reported employer retaliation against those raising health and safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic-and Black employees are more than 2x as likely as white workers to have faced such retaliatory actions.

*Street Harassment Did Not Get the Memo About COVID-19 [ [link removed] ]*

BY KWOLANNE FELIX| "Street harassment has less to do with desirability and more to do with imposing masculine archetypes of power over people whom they perceive as feminine."

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