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Covid-19 has brought on unprecedented challenges on people, famiies, firms and economies
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Initial reports indicate fatalities are higher among men than women which was also the case for the previous SARS & MERS outbreaks
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Sex & Gender are important determinants and key drivers for an effective risk assessment and response design
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Countries (including India, UK & the United States) are still not doing the minimum - reporting cases & deaths among women & men
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As the focus on cases & deaths due to Covid - 19 continues a shadow pandemic continues to take shape and not having a gender inttelligent response increases the possibility of adverse social land economic outcomes
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Covid-19 has brought on unprecedented challenges on people, famiies, firms and economies
-
Initial reports indicate fatalities are higher among men than women which was also the case for the previous SARS & MERS outbreaks
-
Sex & Gender are important determinants and key drivers for an effective risk assessment and response design
-
Countries (including India, UK & the United States) are still not doing the minimum - reporting cases & deaths among women & men
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As the focus on cases & deaths due to Covid - 19 continues a shadow pandemic continues to take shape and not having a gender inttelligent response increases the possibility of adverse social land economic outcomes
-
Covid-19 has brought on unprecedented challenges on people, famiies, firms and economies
-
Initial reports indicate fatalities are higher among men than women which was also the case for the previous SARS & MERS outbreaks
-
Sex & Gender are important determinants and key drivers for an effective risk assessment and response design
-
Countries (including India, UK & the United States) are still not doing the minimum - reporting cases & deaths among women & men
-
As the focus on cases & deaths due to Covid - 19 continues a shadow pandemic continues to take shape and not having a gender inttelligent response increases the possibility of adverse social land economic outcomes
-
Covid-19 has brought on unprecedented challenges on people, famiies, firms and economies
-
Initial reports indicate fatalities are higher among men than women which was also the case for the previous SARS & MERS outbreaks
-
Sex & Gender are important determinants and key drivers for an effective risk assessment and response design
-
Countries (including India, UK & the United States) are still not doing the minimum - reporting cases & deaths among women & men
-
As the focus on cases & deaths due to Covid - 19 continues a shadow pandemic continues to take shape and not having a gender inttelligent response increases the possibility of adverse social land economic outcomes
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A gender intelligence company
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developing gender intelligence on firms, markets, disasters & global challenges
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enabling leaders & decision makers find compelling answers to questions on growth and inequality
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quantifying gender risk of business
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developing gender integrated firmographic & other databases to help design gender intelligent solutions for firms, markets and
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engender responses to global challenges including pandemic threats
Hanna Owen Huma
advisory board member
With extensive experience on gender equality and gender mainstreaming, Hanna contiinues to work within the Finnish government for the past 18 years within the Gender Equality unit and leads the engagement of the Govt of Finland on UN related issues (around gender equality) and is in charge of the Nordic gender equality cooperation actions. She has extensively worked on developing gender mainstreamiing strategy and actions as well as issues on gender equality & men, within the Govt of Finland. She joined the Advisory Board of myrna labs in Mar 2020
Kira Appel
advisory board member
As the Chief Adviser to the Minister for Gender Equality & Deputy HoD of Gender Equality at the Ministry of Food, Fishery & Gender Equality, Govt of Denmark, she is currently responsible for the Danish Government’s policies regarding international affairs on gender equality, including negotiations, in the UN/CSW, EU, CoE, OECD, Nordic Council of Ministers, CEDAW. She is also the Chair of the inter-ministerial committee responsible for the Government’s action plans on combatting violence against women; the Chair of the inter-ministerial committee responsible for the Government’s action plans on trafficking in human beings; Chair of the presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020. She joined the Advisory Board of myrna labs in March 2020
Geeta Gouri
advisory board member
Former Member (Commissioner), Competition Commission of India and Director of Andhra Pradesh
Electricity Regulatory Commission, author, economist & academician, she played a defining role in incorporating dynamics of market functioning & market driven innovation with appropriate regulatory interventions. A PhD in economics from JNU, New Delhi she is also the only economist in India to be associated with premiering two commissions which ushered in competition and market reforms in the Indian economy.
Author and editor of several books on privatization and public sector enterprises,electricity sector. Including, Privatisation and Public Enterprises - The Asia-Pacific Experience; Efficiency through Competition in Public Utilities - Policies for Restructuring. She is currently working on A Commissioner’s Primer to the Economics of Competition Law in India. She is also actively working on IPRs, especially in the area of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and Competition Law. A widely travelled scholar & speaker Dr Gouri joined the myrna labs advisory board in April 2020
Leena Chakrabarti
founder
ex USAID, Hivos, Oxfam GB | IIM (K) alumnus, Chevening fellow & Womens Economic Forum iconic woman awardee. member on global advisory board of SME associations, visiting faculty att leading management institutes on gender, diversity & inclusion, cofounder of Fiinovation (a CSR consulting company). She worked across the Asian region for close to two decades with leading international development organisations & think tanks in leadership roles before setting up myrna labs in 2016.
Madhuri Mukherjee
senior advisor
Till recently she was the Executive Director of IWWAGE, an evidence to policy initiative on women's economic empowerment of IFMR Lead & Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her previous roles over last 20 years includes Country Representative of UW International Training & Education Centre for Health (UWITECH), an affiliate of University of Washington; Room to Read, Oxfam, Childfund & Save the Children, She also serves on the board of several organisations - UWITECH, Landesa. Her research experience centres on barriers to work and collective action, as key enablers of women’s economic empowerment, impact of male migration on women; impact of maternal social capital on child wellbeing . Madhuri has a PhD in Development Communication.
Rohit Magotra
cofounder
Cofounder of Myrna Labs. He is also Deputy Director at IRADe - a leading climate change think tank in South Asia. Also the cofounder of ekgaon technologies, a technology firm working on BoP markets. Over the last 19 years Rohit has worked on SME ratings, designed solutions to improve access to markets for SMEs, led Think Tank Forum for South Asia Regional cooperation to engage with policy makers, media, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, civil society to push the agenda for Cross Border Electricity Trade. He is currently helping several state governments in India with climate risk mapping for select cities
Ravin Kaushal
cofounder
Ravin spent his initial years with leading advertising companies including JWT, Ogilvy & Mather. He spent the later part of his 20 career . years as an executive search specialist in the BFSI industry specialising in cross border talent acquisition across Asia and has helped leading banks acquire leadership talent including C-suite hires. Alumnus of NMIMS, Ravin is an avid traveller who divides his time between India & Finland