Gender and Humanitarian Dimensions of COVID-19

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Panel

Jocelyn Kelly, Dorri McWhorter, and Roya Rahmani examine why using a gender-responsive approach is critical for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

A group of migrant women in Greece wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Speakers

Jocelyn Kelly
Dorri McWhorter
Roya Rahmani
Katelyn Jones

Event Date

April 15, 2020

About This Event

While the coronavirus is dramatically affecting people's lives everywhere, it is expected to most significantly impact the two billion people living in conflict-affected regions, as well as those in densely-populated refugee settlements. Moreover, women, children, and other vulnerable groups in all settings are disproportionately affected. Jocelyn Kelly, founding director of the Gender, Rights, and Resilience program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Dorri McWhorter, chief executive officer of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, and Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States Roya Rahmani join the Council's Katelyn Jones to examine why using a gender-responsive approach is critical for addressing the pandemic and alleviating the unique burdens women and other vulnerable groups bear both locally and globally.

About the Speakers

Jocelyn Kelly

Founding Director, Gender, Rights, and Resilience, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Dorri McWhorter

Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Through technical training programs such as TechGYRLS and 3D: Developing Digital Diversity, Dorri McWhorter has helped to transform the 140-year-old social service agency into a 21st-century social enterprise. YWCA has also recently launched two web-based services with its own e-commerce site, YShop.org, and womenshealthexchange.org to help women and their families.

Roya Rahmani

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States of America

Katelyn Jones

Nonresident Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture

Katelyn Jones is a nonresident fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and her research concerns gender politics in international organizations, and is especially focused on gender mainstreaming in policy formation and implementation.