Last Updated on April 9, 2020 by Kristen
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It seems like the only thing to read about is coronavirus these days, and it’s kind of true. But hopefully this list provides a few women-in-the-news items that weren’t already on your newsfeed.
76+ women entrepreneurs to support from a distance [Forbes, full disclosure, written my me]
Why stay at home orders might be good for gender equality [Forbes]
How to prevent coronavirus from taking a bigger toll on women entrepreneurs [Forbes]
Does Covid-19 hit men and women differently? U.S isn’t keeping track, even though other countries are finding it kills more men than women, and that should guide vaccine development [The New York Times]
Flipping the senate is crucial this fall. These 8 women can make it happen [Refinery 29]
Malaysia’s government to women during lockdown: Don’t nag your husbands [NPR]
Malaysian government apologizes [Forbes]
Workplace rules in Japan banned women from wearing eyeglasses on the job–hopefully thanks to Business Insider’s reporting that will change [Business Insider]
Men wash their hands much less than women and that matters more than ever [CNN]
7 leadership lessons men can learn from women [Harvard Business review]
U.S. women’s open postponed until December [The New York Times]
Feisty. Ambitious. Lucky. Female writers on the words that undermine women [NPR]
Coronavirus may deny 9.5 million women access to daily planning [The Guardian]
How women at NIH’s research hospital lost chances and childbearing [Science]
Black women are getting super glam for the #dontrushchallenge, and, wow, remember makeup? [Buzzfeed News]
Why I’m celebrating women in lockdown who get dressed up with nowhere to go [The Guardian]
In some states women are being turned away for abortions because of coronavirus bans [NPR]
Women are using codewords in pharmacies during lockdown [CNN]
“Don’t let us die.” Women in custody plead for release amid coronavirus pandemic [CBS News]
The 20 funniest tweets from women this week [HuffPost]
Texas women forced to travel 20 time further under coronavirus ban [The Hill]
Gender divide: Peru, Panama limit men and women days out to stall virus [The Jakarta Post]
Fourth inmate at Virginia women’s prison diagnosed with Covid-19 [Richmond Times Dispatch]
“I refuse to be repentant.” The woman challenging Uganda’s ruler [The New York Times]