Vasudha Ramakrishna

  • How COVID-19 Is Making Gender Inequality Worse in Low-Income Countries—and What to Do About It

    Madison Levine Niccolò Meriggi Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Vasudha Ramakrishna Maarten Voors

    Gender disparities in social and economic outcomes, already larger in the developing world than in rich countries, have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Policy action is badly needed to address the compounding of existing inequalities and protect the most vulnerable women.

    A Doctors Without Borders healthcare provider with a mother and her child at a mobile clinic in Sierra Leone in July 2020. Photo: Saidu Bah/AFP via Getty Images.