A feminist exploration #1: Covid-19
Channel: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union
Date: 2020-06-22

In this first edition of "A feminist exploration", we look at the pandemic that shook up our lives in an unprecedented way. 

Together with international feminist scholars and activists, we are going to discuss the magnifying glass that the crisis places on social inequalities, the distribution of labour and wealth and who is most affected by the current health crisis. How does the pandemic affect authoritarian sentiment and current social movements? What challenges - old and new - do feminists have to face against this backdrop? The pandemic lays bare what is truly important in our societies and what has been broken for a long time. Together, we will approach the question of what kind of world is possible after this global crisis and what needs to be changed in order to get there.be adapted to a sustainable and just transition of coal dependent regions. 
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With
- Leta Hong Fincher Journalist and scholar reporting on China.
Author of “Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China” and “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China”

- Montserrat Sagot
Professor, Centre for Research in Women's Studies (CIEM), University of Costa Rica

- Olive Uwamariya
Feminist and panafrikanist with over 10 years of experience in policy and advocacy work for women’s rights in the Great Lakes region Kigali, Rwanda

- Moderator: Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky
Professor, Institute for Sociology Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Recording of the online discussion from 18 June 2020.