Janice Weinman
By Janice Weinman
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Community Don’t take democracy for granted
My father knew the importance of what he often told me: “Don’t take democracy for granted.” In 1948, he came to the U.S. from Europe, where he had served in the army for seven consecutive years and where, before the war, he had helped write Czechoslovakia’s Constitution. Today, we are confronting profound social, economic and…
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Community Women leaders on the front line prove that speaking from the head doesn’t preclude speaking from the heart.
In every generation, leadership is forged by crisis. While the COVID-19 pandemic gives rise to fear, grief and uncertainty, women-led organizations around the world are answering the call. Women leaders, including heads of state, as well as key players in business, science and philanthropy, have been doing some of the most important work combating the…
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Community Covid has a gender disparity — and so does all medical care
Like many diseases, COVID-19 impacts men and women differently. It causes significantly fewer fatalities in women than men, a distinction that is visible across countries and cultures. Even when women have higher rates of diagnosis, men still have higher rates of death. Scientists are working to identify why this is, investigating men’s rates of smoking…
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