Women in Local Government Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil

• In Event: Women in State and Local Politics

Brief Overview

This paper examines whether female mayors in Brazil adopted more preventive, community-oriented policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how gendered leadership influenced municipal health outcomes and crisis management.

Authors

• Gustavo Lopes Fernandes, Fundacao Getulio Vargas

• Ivan Filipe Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Federal University of ABC