If we don’t act now, women and girls will be suffering from the pandemic’s fallout for decades to come.
Sheryl Sandberg is founder of LeanIn.org and COO of Facebook. Early numbers indicate that Covid-19 hospitalizes and kills more men than women. But in terms of its total impact on people’s lives, the virus will hurt women and girls most—especially in the poorest countries, but in the United States, too.
The Politico story details findings from a recent report published by the International Rescue Committee and the humanitarian organization CARE.