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‘Virus Shut Out’, a complete scam machine claiming to kill any kind of virus still in market despite bans around world
Hong Kong pupils continue return to school despite concerns over coronavirus outbreak, parents believe teaching has resumed too soon amid infection
Loneliness epidemic’ strikes at elderly residents face mental health problems from months of not seeing family members due to restrictions imposed by homes on visitors, activities have worked to keep elderly safe
Hong Kong is in the frontline where human rights crackdown happened
Evacuation of public housings
Illness/ Treatment
Future waves inevitable without a vaccine
Epidemic exposes health system’s weaknesses and the government must offer more support to carers, burden falls on families as coronavirus forces closure community facilities, stops home services
Social distancing measure deteriorate the condition of young Hong Kongers and turning them to home confined for a long time, deteriorating mental health, and the soaring unemployment rate.
Places with women leaders have better control over pandemic
Hong Kong private doctors don’t test suspected Covid-19 patients, letting increase in case and severity of infection
Health Systems/ Services Health officials in Hong Kong are looking for cheap hotels to quarantine an expected influx of thousands of domestic helpers, but the use of government facilities has been ruled out
Local businessmen complain that high cost of tests at local clinics prohibitive for those who would be travelling frequently
Hong Kong government’s hospital isolation protocol must also be playing a significant role in the confusion
Discrimative policy against South Asian quarantine period
Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong’s beaches
Social Impacts
Cross-border families urge Hong Kong government to include them in quarantine exemption scheme
Unfavourable paternity leave in Hong Kong is a major reason for gender inequality
Over-reliance of e- everything: work, school, medical consulation etc.
Xenophobic responses rose against ethnic minorities amid pandemic
Differential approach towards public gathering under social distaning measure either for protest or on beach
Economic Impacts
Hong Kong tenants’ group demands government return Fo Tan flats being used as Covid-19 quarantine facilities and rent relief for a year. One-time help of HK$6,000 is not enough
Airport partly resume to help economy amid pandemic
Music band had to rely on crowdfunding after losing all the economic support
Hong Kong police issue 705 fixed penalties for congregating, totalling HK$1.41m on citizens
Tourism industry amog the hardest hit due to social distancing measure with majority female employees
Security Impacts
Doctors blame Hong Kong’s outdated IT systems for slowing Covid-19 response
Suspisions rose over the health code system for travels to Guangdong, Macau after Covid-19 border restrictions are lifted
A ‘return to normal’ is not good news for students bullied at school
Hong Kong police ban city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil for first time in 30 years, citing Covid-19 threat
Education Bureau also asks teachers to work out discipline plans for arrested students

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Gender Working Group

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Gender Working Group

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Gender Working Group

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Risk & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)

Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection

Risk & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)

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

Risk & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)

Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk

Risk & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)

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

Risk & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)

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

Illness & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)

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

Illness & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)

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

Illness & Norms / Beliefs (Hong Kong)

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

Illness & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)

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

Illness & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)

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

Health Systems & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)

Examples of how access to COVID related and other health serivces has changed and is structured

Health Sytems & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)

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

Health Systems & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)

Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce

Health Systems & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong

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

Social Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)

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

Social Impacts & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)

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

Social Impacts & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)

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

Social Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)

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

Social Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)

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

Health Systems & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)

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

Economic Impacts & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)

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

Economic Impacts & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)

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

Economic Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)

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

Economic Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)

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 (Hong Kong)

Examples of policies and laws that determine access to economic supports and resoruces

Security Impacts & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)

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

Security Impacts & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)

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

Security Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)

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 (Hong Kong)

Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment

Security Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)

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