As part of their International Women’s Day coverage, Melanie Brown, a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talked with WFN President and CEO, Elizabeth Barajas-Román, about how women leaders are working to limit the economic impact of the pandemic on women in the United States, especially women of color.
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