Date: Monday, March 8, 2021
Today we celebrate the women of the world who are leading their countries and communities through the urgent crises caused by COVID-19.
Over the past year, countries with women leaders are among those that have suffered fewer deaths and put themselves on track for recovery. Women’s organizations have filled crucial gaps in the provision of services and information on the pandemic, especially at the local level.
Women peacebuilders have played a vital role in public health messaging in low trust and conflict-affected communities.
Seventy per cent of frontline health and care workers are women many from racially and ethnically marginalized groups and at the bottom of the economic ladder.