East Asia Forum posted an op-ed by Research Fellow Kalyani Raghunathan and M Niaz Asadullah. The authors write about gender issues and the impact of COVID-19. Even before the pandemic, India had some of the worst gender statistics in the developing world. The lockdown has been far-reaching in terms of the unequal impact on women’s well-being, nutrition & health, jobs, etc. Globally, gender inequalities have always worsened during pandemics. For India to avoid this fate, it must leverage female agency and adopt more gender-inclusive policy planning and implementation to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Republished in South Asia @ LSE.
