Addressing Poverty & Inequality Amid COVID-19
Science Council of Japan
PRESENTATION
In December 2020, Dr. Mari Osawa of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) spoke with the IHRN about the importance of tackling global poverty and gender inequality, problems which have been made worse by the pandemic.
Dr. Osawa's talk drew upon and revised to update her presentation at the SCJ's September 2020 International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2020 - Social Inclusion in the Global Era - Sustainable post-COVID-19 Society.
PANELISTS
Mari Osawa
Doctor of Economics, Emeritus Professor, former Director of the Institute of Social Science, and former Executive Director and Vice President of the University of Tokyo
Additional Resources
PRESS RELEASE
April 2020
Responses to COVID-19 are failing people in poverty worldwide
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights has emphasized the pandemic's disproportionate impact on people living in poverty and the failure by many countries to provide needed support.
VARIOUS MEDIA
In Focus: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
Through videos, publications, and other resources, the UN Women website provides information and analysis on gender in the context of COVID-19 response.