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

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

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

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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