DR Congo: For 50 years, women have been over-represented in Ebola deaths – UN Women fears the current outbreak will follow the same pattern: Statement by UN Women delivered by Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations

Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda Source: UN Women History has repeatedly shown us that women are more likely than men to die during an Ebola outbreak. This is not because the disease is more deadly for women once they are infected. It is because women are more likely to be infecte