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The COVID-19 pandemic presents multiples challenges, but also opportunities.
In this episode, Professor Rhoda Reddock, a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), shares her thoughts on how this crisis obliges us to rethink the future; considering the consequences of the lockdown, which have a significant impact on women lives. Rethinking the future, for example, in terms of care work, prevention of gender-based violence, education of young people, and even the economy of the Caribbean region, currently affected because of its high dependence on tourism. Women in decision-making is also part of this conversation.
Background music: Inspirational piano. Memory music.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents multiples challenges, but also opportunities.
In this episode, Professor Rhoda Reddock, a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), shares her thoughts on how this crisis obliges us to rethink the future; considering the consequences of the lockdown, which have a significant impact on women lives. Rethinking the future, for example, in terms of care work, prevention of gender-based violence, education of young people, and even the economy of the Caribbean region, currently affected because of its high dependence on tourism. Women in decision-making is also part of this conversation.
Background music: Inspirational piano. Memory music.