On June 2nd, 2020, Stanford Human Rights Student Lauryn Johnson sat down with Nicole Baran, an academic and advocate in the field of gender studies, to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting womxn. They focus on the economic consequences of the pandemic, the idea of intersectionality, and how relationship abuse is manifesting. The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the view of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University.

Nicole Baran is the founding Executive Director of the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation, an organization focused on eliminating obstacles facing marginalized populations in order to reach gender and racial equity. She is also the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness and Action. Nicole holds a Bachelors and Masters in English from Stanford and a Masters in Social Work, and she lectured in the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Department at Stanford for 13 years. You can visit Nicole’s bio here: https://baskinfoundation.org/about-the-foundation/board-of-directors/nicole-baran/ 

Further reading on how womxn are affected by the pandemic:

“The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism”- https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/ 

“Coronavirus: Will women have to work harder after the pandemic?”- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53363253

“How coronavirus could do real, long-term damage to women’s careers”- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/how-coronavirus-could-do-long-term-damage-to-womens-careers.html

“The coronavirus backlash: how the pandemic is destroying women's rights”- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jun/23/the-coronavirus-backlash-how-the-pandemic-is-destroying-womens-rights

Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod

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