{"id":7098,"date":"2020-04-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T01:54:29","slug":"covid-19-responses-why-feminist-leadership-matters-in-a-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/covid-19-responses-why-feminist-leadership-matters-in-a-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 responses: Why feminist leadership matters in a crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/susan-harris-rimmer\/\">SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/elise-stephenson\/\">ELISE STEPHENSON<\/a>\u00a0|  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and, as seen by the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/women-rule\/2020\/03\/20\/the-women-battling-coronavirus-at-the-white-house-488647\" target=\"_blank\">actions<\/a>&nbsp;of the White House and even&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themandarin.com.au\/128555-national-covid-coordination-commission-established\/\" target=\"_blank\">our own<\/a>&nbsp;Australian government, the usual mandates for gender balance and equality have already fallen by the wayside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It hardly seems like a time to complain about this; after all, there are lives at stake. However, if gender cannot be part of the conversation during a crisis, when can it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all, we know that women are&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/disasterphilanthropy.org\/issue-insight\/women-and-girls-in-disasters\/\" target=\"_blank\">disproportionately<\/a>&nbsp;affected by disasters, with crises exploiting structural inequalities that affect preparedness, response, impact, number of deaths, and recovery. Further, we know that Covid-19 is&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.broadagenda.com.au\/home\/covid-19-is-not-gender-neutral\/\" target=\"_blank\">not gender neutral<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 among other things, women are overrepresented in health services on the frontline, and in casual employment most likely to be hit hard by economic downturn. 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