Meeting

COVID-19's Impact on Women

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Santiago Arcos/Reuters
Speakers
Julia Smith

Research Associate for Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
 

Clare Wenham

Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

Presider
Jennifer Nuzzo

Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

from Roundtable Series on Global Health, Economics, and Development and Global Health Program

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