This blog, written by Caroline Harper, Carmen Leon-Himmelstine and Rachel George, will be updated over the next two weeks.
Public headlines on the Covid-19 pandemic have highlighted common imperatives: immediately, the capacity of health provision and addressing economic impacts. Secondly, concerns about political leadership, education, food security and the practicalities of social distancing, to name just a few.
The authors argue that there are gender dimensions to every aspect of this pandemic, and that gender justice and equality should be a more prominent part of the mainstream pandemic story.