Melinda Gates and David Malpass
Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, founder of Pivotal Ventures, and author of "The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World." David Malpass is the president of the World Bank Group. He previously served as US undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs.

After the Pandemic, Put Women First

Policymakers haven’t always considered how economic shocks impact women and men differently — or how governments should respond. When the 2008 recession hit, few asked how stimulus measures would affect women compared with men. That approach won’t work for the Covid-19 crisis. As leaders face…