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Countries led by women haven't fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Countries led by women have not fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic

image: Differences in cultural traits by women-led and men-led countries along the dimensions examined in the paper. view more 

Credit: Windsor et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY 4.0)

Countries led by women have not fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic than those led by men- it may be just our Western media bias that makes us think they have!

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Article Title: "Gender in the time of COVID-19: Evaluating national leadership and COVID-19 fatalities"

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244531


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