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Interesting that many of the countries who handled the coronavirus outbreak well are headed by women: https://twitter.com/LetaHong/status/1247899301293879303
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern: https://twitter.com/annafifield/status/1247475524277952517?s=20
Germany's Angela Merkel: https://twitter.com/EllenBarryNYT/status/1246531849528184832?s=20
Finland'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
I'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'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/
Adding Denmark'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
And Norway'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
And Belgium PM Sophie Wilmès h/t @tessaryan01 https://www.politico.eu/article/sophie-wilmes-belgium-coronavirus-response-accidental-prime-minister/
Watch Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs of Sint Maarten h/t @Beverly_Davis https://twitter.com/ashindestad/status/1247836391368777728?s=21 https://twitter.com/ashindestad/status/1247836391368777728
And Iceland PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10884442-181/a-coronavirus-test-for-anyone
And Barbados PM Mia Amor Mottley h/t @kat_isha https://twitter.com/miaamormottley/status/1247618927871635460?s=21 https://twitter.com/miaamormottley/status/1247618927871635460
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
Contrast with massive failures among some male-led -- especially authoritarian -- countries, eg Hungary: https://twitter.com/LetaHong/status/1248288458650648576?s=20
Of course, strongman-admirer Donald Trump in the US: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/04/04/coronavirus-government-dysfunction/?arc404=true
The original and ongoing cover-up by China's Xi Jinping: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
If only the WHO had taken Taiwan'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
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
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_taiwan/status/1249698562549493760
