Women's Health

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Preventing a “Return to Normal”: Addressing Violence against Women during COVID-19

November 24, 2020
Since the start of the pandemic, I have been collaborating with Amber Peterman and other researchers to improve understanding of how pandemics and other crises increase the likelihood of violence against women, track a growing evidence base focused on rates of VAW in the COVID context, and prop...
CGD NOTE

COVID-19 & Violence against Women and Children: What Have We Learned So Far?

June 22, 2020
In this note, we review rigorous studies that have analyzed how COVID-19 and related policies are impacting rates of VAW/C and highlight more reliable methods, while acknowledging limitations of underlying data sources. We propose recommendations for how to both broaden and deepen our collective und...
Blog Post

Parenting by the Data: Emily Oster on the CGD Podcast

August 16, 2019
Cribsheet author and economist Emily Oster on the data behind health recommendations for pregnant women, how to balance children's and parents' needs, and how policymakers can empower parents to make good decisions for their families.