Why Corona is a feminist issue

<p>Coronavirus has put women out of work more frequently than men, led to a spike in domestic violence, pushed women’s healthcare down the list of priorities, and set the scene for a mental health crisis for women. Yet politicians appear blind to the pandemic’s gendered consequences. <strong>Dr</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Clare Wenham,</strong> Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at the LSE, talks to <strong>Helen Lewis</strong> about how the pandemic has hit women hardest, and what we will need to learn from it.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“We’re seeing exactly what happened with Zika and Ebola – but on a global scale.”</li><li>“Female-dominated industries are the ones hardest hit by pandemics. What it means is, women lose their jobs.”</li><li>“British exceptionalism means we haven’t learned from what happened during pandemics in the rest of the world.”</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Helen Lewis. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>