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Why pandemic was "perfect storm" for violence against women: Dr. Okito Wedi
Gender-based violence tends to jump in any emergency situation, and the pandemic was no different. During COVID-related lockdowns around the world, Creative Development CEO Dr. Okito Vanessa Wedi says the home was no safe space for women. "Preexisting toxic social norms, together with actually being in a pandemic, losses of jobs, anxiety about the future [and] the restriction of movement" all created a "perfect storm" that turned partners into abusers.
She spoke during "Measuring what matters: How women are critical to pandemic recovery," a livestream conversation on October 28, 2021, hosted by GZERO Media in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Women have borne the economic brunt of the pandemic
It's no secret that women around the world have shouldered much of the burden brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when it comes to unpaid labor. As London School of Economics director Minouche Shafik points out in this week's episode of GZERO World, on average in the world women do two hours more unpaid work per day than men. And whether we're talking Norway or Pakistan, women have been doing more than their fair share for a long time before COVID hit. So how do women come back from what Shafik calls "the biggest change in the social contract in decades?" That's a major focus of this week's show.
Watch the episode: Is modern society broken?
The "global obsession" with controlling women’s bodies
When asked what most surprised her when she became the UN's top global advocate for gender equality, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka didn't hesitate. "The obsession about controlling women's bodies is really something that also shocked me when I got to the UN." The constant objections she fielded around women's rights and reproductive rights, regardless of where in the world they were coming from, was not something Mlambo-Ngcuka was prepared for. And that's especially true, she says, for the United States.
Mlambo-Ngcuka's conversation with Ian Bremmer is part of the latest episode GZERO Word, which began airing on US public television stations nationwide on Friday, March 19. Check local listings.
Watch the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer episode: Why the pandemic has been worse for women: UN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The gender gap revealed!!
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel convenes a world leader Zoom on gender inequality, the accusations fly fast and furious.
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Hot K-drama Start-Up a glimpse into how more women are venturing into South Korea's startup scene
SEOUL - Dreaming of becoming the next Steve Jobs, a young woman teams up with a geeky trio of male developers to start a small company in South Korea's Silicon Valley.
Taiwanese chain RT-Mart accused of fat shaming for calling large-size women's clothing 'rotten'
RT-Mart later apologised, saying that it was "deeply sorry for the inappropriately worded marketing material and the offence it caused."
'Beacon of hope': Bangladesh opens first school for transgender students
DHAKA (REUTERS) - A religious charity has opened the first school in Bangladesh for hijras, a transgender community whose members face widespread discrimination in the mostly conservative Muslim society and often live in abject poverty.
Women are leading Taiwan's public relations war against China
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) - In the battle for public opinion between China and Taiwan, Beijing has many advantages over its neighbour: the ability to leverage the world's second-largest economy, an influential diplomatic corps and vast resources.