Interesting that many of the countries who handled the coronavirus outbreak well are headed by women: https://twitter.com/LetaHong/status/1247899301293879303">https://twitter.com/LetaHong/...
New Zealand& #39;s Jacinda Ardern: https://twitter.com/annafifield/status/1247475524277952517?s=20">https://twitter.com/annafifie...
Germany& #39;s Angela Merkel: https://twitter.com/EllenBarryNYT/status/1246531849528184832?s=20">https://twitter.com/EllenBarr...
Finland& #39;s PM Sanna Marin is a woman leading a governing coalition of 5 parties led by women: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/world/europe/coronavirus-finland-masks.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
I& #39;ve long argued that the best way to fight authoritarianism around the world is to support the increased participation of feminist women in politics and women& #39;s rights activism. This seems to be good for fighting pandemics too. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/how-the-feminist-movement-is-challenging-authoritarianism/">https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-post...
Adding Denmark& #39;s PM Mette Frederiksen h/t @MieAhmt : https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/30/823912064/the-danish-way-is-working-prime-minister-hints-at-a-gradual-reopening-for-april">https://www.npr.org/sections/...
And Norway& #39;s PM Erna Solberg h/t @etphonegemini https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway/norway-to-ease-curbs-little-by-little-after-coronavirus-lockdown-pm-idUSKBN21P2G4">https://www.reuters.com/article/u...
And Belgium PM Sophie Wilmès h/t @tessaryan01 https://www.politico.eu/article/sophie-wilmes-belgium-coronavirus-response-accidental-prime-minister/">https://www.politico.eu/article/s...
Watch Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs of Sint Maarten h/t @Beverly_Davis https://twitter.com/ashindestad/status/1247836391368777728?s=21">https://twitter.com/ashindest... https://twitter.com/ashindestad/status/1247836391368777728">https://twitter.com/ashindest...
And Iceland PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10884442-181/a-coronavirus-test-for-anyone">https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/1088...
And Barbados PM Mia Amor Mottley h/t @kat_isha https://twitter.com/miaamormottley/status/1247618927871635460?s=21">https://twitter.com/miaamormo... https://twitter.com/miaamormottley/status/1247618927871635460">https://twitter.com/miaamormo...
Striking that women make up less than 7 percent of heads of state around the world, yet the women-led countries in this thread are disproportionately successful in the fight against COVID-19. https://www.ipu.org/news/press-releases/2020-03/in-2020-world-cannot-afford-so-few-women-in-power">https://www.ipu.org/news/pres...
Contrast with massive failures among some male-led -- especially authoritarian -- countries, eg Hungary: https://twitter.com/LetaHong/status/1248288458650648576?s=20">https://twitter.com/LetaHong/...
Of course, strongman-admirer Donald Trump in the US: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/04/04/coronavirus-government-dysfunction/?arc404=true">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...
The original and ongoing cover-up by China& #39;s Xi Jinping: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/0...
If only the WHO had taken Taiwan& #39;s pandemic response seriously. Instead, WHO official Bruce Aylward cut off his interview when asked about Taiwan: https://twitter.com/wilfredchan/status/1243887606569590784?s=20">https://twitter.com/wilfredch...
Note that Sweden - the only Nordic country NOT led by a woman - has a surge in coronavirus infections: https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1248664536078483462?s=20">https://twitter.com/shadihami...
Taiwan showing the world how to fight the coronavirus AND gender discrimination: https://twitter.com/mofa_taiwan/status/1249698562549493760?s=21">https://twitter.com/mofa_taiw... https://twitter.com/mofa_taiwan/status/1249698562549493760">https://twitter.com/mofa_taiw...
https://twitter.com/wearytolove/status/1249588221593260032?s=21">https://twitter.com/wearytolo... https://twitter.com/wearytolove/status/1249588221593260032">https://twitter.com/wearytolo...