Crisis Response Must Take Gender into Account
Growing up with feminist parents active in social justice, Dyan Mazurana, a research professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and The Fletcher School, has pondered the intersections of gender, race, age, ability, disability, and sexuality for most of her life. Since her early days as an undergraduate through to her time now as a Tufts professor, she has focused on understanding, preventing and responding to violence against women and children. The coronavirus has pushed gender perspectives to the forefront even more. “The pandemic is the perfect lens through which to...