China	Access to Resources	Labour/Roles	Norms/Beliefs	Power	Institutions/ Laws
Risk	Women are more susceptible to infection than men among second-generation cases in family cluster	Factories are closing in the Pearl River Delta leading to higher male unemployment	Female student from a low-income family committed suicide when school switched to virtual-learning	Unequal gender norms amongst rural and minority ethnic migrants.	Notice on Prevention and Control of COVID-19 for Children and Pregnant Women: Action Plan for pregnant women, mothers, and healthcare workers
Illness/ Treatment	Pregnant women with COVID-19 showed higher specificity on chest CT scan	Female HCWs report insomnia 5 times more than male HCWs in Huoshenshan Hospital	Survey of 146,000 women expressed higher negative impacts on relationships and jobs compared to men.	Beijing residents of "medium- or high-risk" areas of infection are completely banned from leaving.	The National Health Commission releases the epidemic prevention plan which includes a focus on reproductive health services
Health Systems/ Services	National comittee of Communist Part of China urge government to include reproductive health expenses under national health insurance	Nurses' working hours, being deployed from another city, and level of qualification, are significant factors associated with PTSD	Rising household "burdens" on male partners while female partners (nurse) work in front line	Increased reports on women's significant contribution to manage COVID-19 outbreak: as frontline workers and key leaders in mobilising community	Free cervical and breast cancer examinations for low income wome, and in-patient service without deposit for low-income groups
Social Impacts	Women led civil society groups were essential and effective in mobilising resources during pandemic	70% of civil society membership are female (and rising).	High school students organised to help street cleaners with free masks, food and money	Divorce rate is rising and women are initiating proceedings more than men	President Xi suggests the Women's Federation should actively participate in epidemic prevention and control
Economic Impacts	High numbers of women sought health care insurance after COVID	Women's labor participation rate dropped from 73% to 65% during COVID-19	All-China Women's Federation argues that 'return to work' policy discriminates women. Policy promotes 'stay at home' childcare duties on women	Female workers in a male dominated industry (road freight) ask that skill competency indicators is based on work experience, not sex difference	Reccomendation on return to work prioritised 5 male-dominant industries (e.g. the logistic industry which employs 95.08% male workers)
Security Impacts	Beijing food supply reported stable despite the spike in COVID-19 cases	90% of domestic workers (majority female) don't have a formal agreement with their employer, 1/3 need financial assistance, 1/4 need housing	Rise in discrimination, social stigma, and sexual harassment towards domestic workers (majority female)	Police issued 2,004 Personal Safety Protection Orders (prevention of violence response orders) during COVID-19	Introduction of Mandatory Reporting System on Violence against a Minor (Child) (Trial)

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