Women leaders and the coronavirus

By Renee Bouchard
Manchester Ink Link

From left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, and Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen.

From left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, and Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen.

What do the countries that have had the best responses and least amount of deaths, due to the COVID19 outbreak have in common? They are all led by women.

Have women leaders handled this health crisis differently than the male leaders? Countries such as Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Taiwan, Iceland and New Zealand are doing disproportionately better in handling this pandemic than the rest of the world. Why is that though? Is gender really a contributing factor? Is this actually a case of, “anything boys can do girls can do better?”

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