A research analysed the success levels of political leaders in different countries in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and found that women leaders are more successful in their response to the crisis.
The Center for Economic Policy Research and the World Economic Forum carried out a research based on gender comparing number of cases and deaths from the beginning of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to May 19. The results confirmed that countries governed by women are generally more successful in combating the epidemic.
The research emphasized that countries such as Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, Taiwan and Finland where women are in charge are more successful in combating Covid-19.
The relative early success of Germany’s Angela Merkel, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen and Finland’s Sanna Marin however has not been underlined enough.
The most important point in the research were about the measures taken by countries against the pandemic. There was a serious difference in the political response to the pandemic between countries ruled by men and countries ruled by women.
Where women ruled, more rapid and decisive action was taken against potential deaths caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.
“Our results clearly indicate that women leaders reacted more quickly and decisively in the face of potential fatalities,” told The Guardian Supriya Garikipati, one of the researchers adding: “In almost all cases, they locked down earlier than male leaders in similar circumstances. While this may have longer-term economic implications, it has certainly helped these countries to save lives, as evidenced by the significantly lower number of deaths in these countries.”
