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Lack of access to housing means 20% Indigenous people live in overcrowding; can't isolate
1/10 COVID cases in Ontario among heathcare workers; 81% healthcare workers women
More women (47%) than men (32%) extremely worried about COVID-19
Indigenous and racial minorities over represented in prisons; can't social distance
Temporary foreign workers working part-time or between contracts, & those who are undocumented do not have free access to healthcare
Illness/ Treatment
For newcomers without access to free medical care COVID testing and treatment is costly
Over 80% of workers in accomodation and food industry (which is 80% women) don't have access to paid sick leave
More women than men concerned about becoming sick due to COVID-19
Undocumented migrants scared to seek testing and treatment
Canada does not collect public health data based on race; obscuring evidence of racial inequities
Health Systems/ Services
Children in low income families - most often headed by women - less likely to have access to internet for online schooling
Healthcare workers face PTSD, mental health challenges due to stress of responding to COVID-19
Fear and mistrust of health systems expressed by many in Black, Indigenous and racialized communities
Majority of Chief Medical Officers and high profile leaders in COVID-19 response are women
Indigenous Peoples lack access to family doctors, medical services, compared to non-Indigenous peoples
Social Impacts
Children in low income families - most often headed by women - less likely to have access to internet for online schooling
Women spend nearly double the time performing unpaid care work than men; COVID-19 increases this care burden
Rise in anti-asian racism
Gender equity organizations experiancing staff and funding shortfalls
Rise in overdose deaths amid COVID-19 outbreak
Economic Impacts
Less (63%) women than men (80%) in Vancouver managed to pay rent in March 2020
Women among the most hit by COVID-19 job losses: among 25 to 54, the rate of decline twice that of men.
42% of youth (15-24) fear losing their job/income due to COVID-19
Sex workers economically vulnerable due to COVID impacts on trade
Services to help newcomers find jobs closed
Security Impacts
Women's shelters to face food insecurity
Care workers in seniors residences targeted by racism, exploitation
Racialized people impacted disporportionately by use of force to enforce social distancing
Calls to Vancouver domestic-violence crisis line spike 300% amid COVID-19 pandemic
88% women's service providers surveyed are concerned about COVID's impact on their capacity to deliver services

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Gender Working Group

We meet online every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and public health emergencies.

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Gender Working Group

We meet online every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and public health emergencies.

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Gender Working Group

We meet online every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and public health emergencies.

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Risk & Access to Resources (Canada)

Risk & Labour/Roles (Canada)

Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection

Risk & Norms/Beliefs (Canada)

Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk

Risk & Power/Decision-making (Canada)

Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not

Risk & Institutions/Laws (Canada)

Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups

Illness & Access to Resources (Canada)

Examples of how access to resources affect experiances of illness/treatment

Illness & Labour/Roles (Canada)

Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness

Illness & Norms / Beliefs (Canada)

Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness

Illness & Power/Decision-making (Canada)

Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care

Illness & Institutions/Laws (Canada)

Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups

Social Impacts & Access to Resources (Canada)

Health Sytems & Labour/Roles (Canada)

Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services

Health Systems & Power/Decision-making (Canada)

Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services

Health Systems & Institutions/Laws (Canada)

Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions

Social Impacts & Access to Resources (Canada)

Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently

Social Impacts & Labour/Roles (Canada)

Examples of impacts on social roles of and social costs born by different genders and groups

Social Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Canada)

Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups

Social Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Canada)

Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response

Social Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Canada)

Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination

Economic Impacts & Access to Resources (Canada)

Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t

Economic Impacts & Labour/Roles (Canada)

Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles

Economic Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Canada)

Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important

Economic Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Canada)

Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment

Economic Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Canada)

Security Impacts & Access to Resources (Canada)

Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity

Security Impacts & Labour/Roles (Canada)

Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response

Security Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Canada)

Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis

Security Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Canada)

Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment

Security Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Canada)

Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.