Women’s Health in Review: 2020

Authors: Arrthy Thayaparan and Alex Lukey (Blog Coordinators) // 

With the dawn of a new year, many are hoping to move past the tumultuous events of 2020. But who can blame them? 2020 will be memorialized in future history books as the year the world came crashing down. In particular, women felt the strain with increases in domestic violence and economic consequences, disproportionate to men. For much of the past year, the news and social media painted a grim picture of the world. So it begs to question, did anything good happen in 2020? Is there hope that 2021 will be any better?

In fact, there were many triumphs in women’s rights and health in 2020. While 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges, the year also highlighted the resilience of women across the globe. Below, we’ve highlighted several successes in 2020 worth celebrating as we begin the new year.