COVID-19 and Global Inequalities

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken millions of lives and caused many millions of people to lose their jobs and/or businesses. It is commonplace for people to say, “We’re all in this together.” But, we’re not. In fact, the impact has been disproportionately felt by people who are already disadvantaged by reasons of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, poverty, age, and intersections of disfavored identity.

This online course on COVID-19 and Global Inequalities examines the pandemic’s impact on racial, gender, wealth, and healthcare disparities, among others, through an international comparative lens.

The course is self-paced and goes for 5 weeks, featuring lectures delivered by professors from around the world.

The course is designed to foster understanding of equality law and theories of equality so that students can analyze different policy approaches to the pandemic.