Women are most affected by pandemics — lessons from past outbreaks

Type Journal Article Author Clare Wenham Author Julia Smith Author Sara E. Davies Author Huiyun Feng Author Karen A. Grépin Author Sophie Harman Author Asha Herten-Crabb Author Rosemary Morgan URL https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02006-z Rights 2020 Nature Series Comment Volume 583 Issue 7815 Pages 194-198 Publication Nature Date 08/07/2020 Extra Number: 7815 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group DOI 10.1038/d41586-020-02006-z Library Catalog www.nature.com Language en Abstract The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 fall harder on women than on men. Governments need to gather data and target policy to keep all citizens equally safe, sheltered and secure.