#5SmartReads - July 16, 2021

Diksha on disaster patriarchy, FLOTUS, and the dangers of voluntourism

Today’s regular guest contributor is Diksha! Follow her on Instagram here!

Disaster Patriarchy: How The Pandemic Has Unleashed War On Women (The Guardian)

This piece by V (formerly Eve Ensler) sheds light on the explosion of violence against women that's resulting from the Pandemic. Despite the daily preoccupations with CoVid's impact on economy or vaccine equity, there's been little conversation around how it's setting women's rights back by decades, what she calls an outbreak of disaster patriarchy.