Political leaders play an important role in mitigating the challenges associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and leaders across the world have responded in different ways. These diverse leadership practices and decisions in each country will pave the way to a new era for women. Some will lead to the erasure of women’s roles in society, and others will lead to greater women’s empowerment that will last for generations to come. To that end, the paper investigates leadership practices during the global health crisis and their impact on women, specifically reflecting on the case of Jordan. I will frame this discussion around the feminine and masculine approaches to leadership, to engage in a diagnostic discussion to ascertain what leadership response in Jordan was administered during the COVID-19 crisis The government responded swiftly to the first case of COVID-19, initially controlling the pandemic and earning global praise. A royal decree was issued, directing the government to implement a defense law to combat the pandemic. This meant that all other laws were suspended, giving power to persons in charge to take necessary action during a time of emergency. Jordan went under an initial three-week lockdown followed by a months-long curfew. The Jordanian Armed Forces and police were deployed in the Kingdom to enforce this curfew. The media became the main information outlet for the people of Jordan and in the process, diminishing the role that women played during the pandemic. Months later, given massive economic challenges, significant restrictions were removed, and the pandemic raged out of control. The pandemic and the lockdown had a significant impact on women in Jordan. In the workforce, women make up most frontline healthcare professionals putting themselves at risk of infection at work. Prolonged lockdown meant that many businesses began to struggle, and women lost their jobs rather than men. School closures caused women to take on an increased unpaid care burden. The combination of economic and social stresses brought on by the pandemic and restrictions on movement dramatically increased the number of women and girls facing abuse in almost every country, Jordan was no exception. During this challenging situation for women, civil society organizations were side-lined from mitigating some of these challenges. This paper discusses the challenges women faced during the two polarized responses- feminine and masculine- to theCOVID-19 pandemic. I ground my findings into an integral, holistic feminine approach to crisis management and feminist leadership