The Pandemic has revealed the weakness of strongmen. Women leaders are a symptom of a political system's success, not necessarily its cause
06/05/2020
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epidemic disease ; political leadership ; gender ; government policy
Gender equality & Women
English
"Choose your coronavirus fighter: Will it be Germany's Angela Merkel and her calm explanation of the COVID-19 infection rate? Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon and her government's helpful, nuanced strategy documents? Or New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, with her empathetic Facebook Live addresses and decision to lock down the country early?
All a bit mainstream for you, huh. How about Iceland's Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who has offered free coronavirus testing to all the country's citizens? Or Norway's Erna Solberg, who held a press conference just for children, telling them it was okay to feel scared? ..."
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