On the Job
Women hold 50% of U.S. jobs, but they hold 70-90% of frontline jobs in the pandemic:
In the Home
Women are spending 20 hours more per week than their male partners are on family and household chores:
At the Helm
Women leaders around the globe have been the most effective protecting their citizens:
Going Forward
In industry, healthcare, and research labs, women are at the forefront of response and recovery:
Pivoting to masks from wedding veils
Sara Gabriel Designs
After two decades growing her wedding accessories company, Ms. Gabriel found her small business fighting to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. A quick pivot from designing tiaras and veils to creating high-quality face masks enabled her to avoid layoffs and stay in business.
Protecting LA’s most vulnerable
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
As the CEO of award-winning Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Dr. Batchlor has led the hospital's fight against COVID-19 in the underserved South Los Angeles community.
Tracking a deadly virus
Duke University
Dr. Dunn's research study, called CovIdentify, is exploring how data collected by smartphones, smartwatches, and other wearable tech may help identify the COVID-19 illness in device users.
Forecasting demand for ventilators
U.C. Berkeley
Dr. Petersen is working on a web application to provide projections of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and ventilator needs to improve public health responses to the pandemic.
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Finland, where Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 34, governs with a coalition of four female-led parties, has had fewer than 10% as many deaths as nearby Sweden.
Sanna Marin
Germany, led by Angela Merkel, has had a far lower death rate than Britain, France, Italy, or Spain.
Angela Merkel
Tsai Ing-wen, leader of Taiwan, has presided over one of the most successful efforts in the world at containing the virus, using testing, contact tracing, and isolation measures to control infections without a full national lockdown.
Tsai Ing-wen
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has been largely successful in meeting her ambitious goal of eradicating, rather than just controlling, outbreaks of COVID-19.
Jacinda Ardern
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Registered Nurses
are women
88.9%
Bank Tellers
are women
84.7%
Grocery Cashiers
are women
71.2%
Childcare Workers
are women
93.4%