Impacts of Covid-19 on Japanese society with Kamila Szczepanska and Yoko Demelius

05/06/2020 36 min Temporada 1 Episodio 11
Impacts of Covid-19 on Japanese society with Kamila Szczepanska and Yoko Demelius

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In this episode of Covid-19 podcasts, Silja Keva talks to Kamila Szczepanska and Yoko Demelius about the impacts of the pandemic in Japan. While the state of emergency has now been lifted, the societal impacts of the pandemic are surfacing: gender inequalities and the vulnerability of homeless and illegal immigrants have been amplified. Tensions between municipal and national administration emerged in a lack of an overall strategy to handle the pandemic. In the time of crisis local level actors have stepped up to present much-needed leadership.