Look to women to drive global economic recovery from pandemic - Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates speaks on stage in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, on February 5, 2019. [Reuters]

Efforts to help the world economy recover from the coronavirus crisis must give a lead role to women, even as the pandemic deals an especially sharp blow to their jobs and finances, philanthropist Melinda Gates said.

Recovery policies and strategies that focus on women - and do not minimize or overlook them - will prove the most successful, the co-chair of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said in an interview this week.