Ebola infection and death rates are higher among women than men. Why? “Women are the caregivers — if a kid is sick, they say, ‘Go to your mom,’” .... “The cross-border trade women go to Guinea and Sierra Leone for the weekly markets, [and] they are also the caregivers. Most of the time when there is a death in the family, it’s the woman who prepares the funeral, usually an aunt or older female relative.” Julia Duncan-Cassell (Minister for Gender & Development, Liberia)
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:35:00 +0000