Resources
This is a collection of resources from the Gender and Public Health Emergencies project and the Gender Working Group. You can search by year, country and type of resource. We hope you will enjoy reading this growing body of knowledge from around the world.
We have a wider collection of Gender and COVID-19 resources in this google document which is curated by Rosemary Morgan.
The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Women was a landmark global policy framework to promote the human rights of women and girls and gender equality. These were also identified as a prerequisite for women’s health and wellbeing. Over the past 25 years there has been important progress in several areas of women’s […]
Research on COVID-19 and the social, economic and health ramifications of this pandemic is rapidly emerging from many disciplines. Concerns about losses to gender equality and the gendered impacts of the pandemic have been raised from its early stages, and research is increasingly beginning to consider the role gender plays in these relationships. Gendered impacts […]
At the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), we believe that despite the unprecedented challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has created, it is an opportunity to build more just, peaceful and equitable societies. To achieve this, it is necessary to adopt gender- and conflict-sensitive COVID-19 responses and recovery measures, which are based on reliable data and […]
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) and the Review Committee of International Health Regulations (IHR) are important opportunities to consider the World Health Organization (WHO) and states’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic from a gender perspective. National governments are responsible for developing and implementing laws and policies to respond to crises, and […]
Most health-related research continues to be carried out within the biomedical tradition. Although social factors affecting health are beginning to be considered seriously, a large proportion of resources are still spent on projects falling under the domain of biomedicine. Most medical research continues to state that men and women are physiologically similar in all respects […]
Elsevier’s latest gender report, The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens, examines research participation, career progression and perceptions across the European Union and 15 countries in 26 subject areas. The report draws on Elsevier’s data sources and analytics expertise. It was further informed by experts from around the world. Our goal is to better understand […]
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the submission rate to scholarly journals increased abnormally (e.g., more than 90% in health & medicine Elsevier journals). Given that most academics have been forced to work from home, the competing demands for home-schooling, child and other care duties might have penalised the scientific productivity of women. […]
At the start of the pandemic, early analyses and publications already pointed out the gendered inequalities and disparities that Covid 19 would exacerbate and bring to the fore. This resource is a tracking document that consolidating over 500 publications from 77 countries from March until August 2020. The gender-sensitive thematic areas covered include: dignified work, […]
The access, availability and affordability of contraceptive and abortion services in India have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, exacerbating existing issues. Currently, the Government of India has considered these health services as essential during Covid-19. Through document review and interviews with key stakeholders, we found that women in India are facing significant barriers […]
At the start of the pandemic, early analyses and publications already pointed out the gendered inequalities and disparities that Covid 19 would exacerbate and bring to the fore. This resource is a tracking document that consolidating over 500 publications from 77 countries from March until August 2020. The gender-sensitive thematic areas covered include: dignified work, […]
The COVID-19 outbreak and resultant economic crisis has led to governments in Europe taking extraordinary action to support citizens. Bodies such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommend such measures should include targeted support for the most affected population groups. Women form one of these groups, with disproportionate impacts on their employment and economic resources […]
Post-pandemic economic recovery plans have relied heavily upon benchmarks set by studies and frameworks that do not address the gendered impacts of crises or take proactive, feminist measures to reach women, girls, Indigenous peoples, immigrant communities, and other historically disadvantaged groups. The need for an inclusive, gender-equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly gaining […]
Data suggest that, in aggregate, men are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than women. How can we interpret and make sense of this disparity? This analytical toolkit provides resources for unpacking and understanding apparent sex disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. Students are challenged to think critically about the causal primacy granted to biological sex in […]
The 2016 Jhpiego Gender Analysis Toolkit is a practical guide for public health professionals seeking to understand how gender can impact health outcomes, both through service delivery and access to information and care. Its primary focus is sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. The purpose of the Gender Analysis Toolkit is to provide […]
The emergence and spread of COVID-19 have reinvigorated the conversation on the importance of fulfilling commitments to gender-responsive approaches to public health, ensuring that gender is part of pandemic responses and leadership considerations. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has affirmed that ‘tackling (the) pandemic requires a gender-responsive, equity-oriented and human rights-based approach’1 while underlining […]
In Africa, as in other settings pandemics and their resultant effects are not gender blind and have the potential to exponentially magnify existing gender inequalities and the plight of other vulnerable populations; such as those with disabilities, refugees, and internally displaced persons. This is especially the case for less-resourced countries where limited social protection measures […]
By April 13 2020, Nigeria had 343 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with a high likelihood that thesecases could be the start of a widespread outbreak. While President Buhari announced thatmovement in the Federal Capital Territory, and Lagos and Ogun states should stop from 30 Marchfor an initial 14 days and measures would be taken to ameliorate […]
Nigeria saw epidemic levels of violence against women and girls (VAWG) prior to the COVID-19pandemic. The past six months have seen a spike in reports and a number of high profile cases. Public outcry and advocacy of women’s rights activists caused the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to declare a state of emergency and President Buhari to […]
Denying pregnant women access to their support network during maternity care may have a lasting negative impact, warn Benjamin Black, Jane Laking, and Gillian McKay Community engagement has long been a central pillar of outbreak response and covid-19 is no different. This is vital across all healthcare, including maternity, not only the vertical covid-19 response. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous upheaval to health systems around the world, disrupting access to family planning information and services, as well as sexual and reproductive health more broadly. Despite this disruption, the need for family planning remains the same. For women, family planning is critical, basic health care. As health systems shift to […]
Resources
This is a collection of resources from the Gender and COVID-19 project and the Gender Working Group. You can search by year, country and type of resource. We hope you will enjoy reading this growing body of knowledge from around the world.
We have a wider collection of Gender and COVID-19 resources in this google document which is curated by Rosemary Morgan.
The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Women was a landmark global policy framework to promote the human rights of women and girls and gender equality. These were also identified as a prerequisite for women’s health and wellbeing. Over the past 25 years there has been important progress in several areas of women’s […]
Research on COVID-19 and the social, economic and health ramifications of this pandemic is rapidly emerging from many disciplines. Concerns about losses to gender equality and the gendered impacts of the pandemic have been raised from its early stages, and research is increasingly beginning to consider the role gender plays in these relationships. Gendered impacts […]
At the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), we believe that despite the unprecedented challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has created, it is an opportunity to build more just, peaceful and equitable societies. To achieve this, it is necessary to adopt gender- and conflict-sensitive COVID-19 responses and recovery measures, which are based on reliable data and […]
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) and the Review Committee of International Health Regulations (IHR) are important opportunities to consider the World Health Organization (WHO) and states’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic from a gender perspective. National governments are responsible for developing and implementing laws and policies to respond to crises, and […]
Most health-related research continues to be carried out within the biomedical tradition. Although social factors affecting health are beginning to be considered seriously, a large proportion of resources are still spent on projects falling under the domain of biomedicine. Most medical research continues to state that men and women are physiologically similar in all respects […]
Elsevier’s latest gender report, The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens, examines research participation, career progression and perceptions across the European Union and 15 countries in 26 subject areas. The report draws on Elsevier’s data sources and analytics expertise. It was further informed by experts from around the world. Our goal is to better understand […]
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the submission rate to scholarly journals increased abnormally (e.g., more than 90% in health & medicine Elsevier journals). Given that most academics have been forced to work from home, the competing demands for home-schooling, child and other care duties might have penalised the scientific productivity of women. […]
At the start of the pandemic, early analyses and publications already pointed out the gendered inequalities and disparities that Covid 19 would exacerbate and bring to the fore. This resource is a tracking document that consolidating over 500 publications from 77 countries from March until August 2020. The gender-sensitive thematic areas covered include: dignified work, […]
The access, availability and affordability of contraceptive and abortion services in India have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, exacerbating existing issues. Currently, the Government of India has considered these health services as essential during Covid-19. Through document review and interviews with key stakeholders, we found that women in India are facing significant barriers […]
At the start of the pandemic, early analyses and publications already pointed out the gendered inequalities and disparities that Covid 19 would exacerbate and bring to the fore. This resource is a tracking document that consolidating over 500 publications from 77 countries from March until August 2020. The gender-sensitive thematic areas covered include: dignified work, […]
The COVID-19 outbreak and resultant economic crisis has led to governments in Europe taking extraordinary action to support citizens. Bodies such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommend such measures should include targeted support for the most affected population groups. Women form one of these groups, with disproportionate impacts on their employment and economic resources […]
Post-pandemic economic recovery plans have relied heavily upon benchmarks set by studies and frameworks that do not address the gendered impacts of crises or take proactive, feminist measures to reach women, girls, Indigenous peoples, immigrant communities, and other historically disadvantaged groups. The need for an inclusive, gender-equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly gaining […]
Data suggest that, in aggregate, men are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than women. How can we interpret and make sense of this disparity? This analytical toolkit provides resources for unpacking and understanding apparent sex disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. Students are challenged to think critically about the causal primacy granted to biological sex in […]
The 2016 Jhpiego Gender Analysis Toolkit is a practical guide for public health professionals seeking to understand how gender can impact health outcomes, both through service delivery and access to information and care. Its primary focus is sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. The purpose of the Gender Analysis Toolkit is to provide […]
The emergence and spread of COVID-19 have reinvigorated the conversation on the importance of fulfilling commitments to gender-responsive approaches to public health, ensuring that gender is part of pandemic responses and leadership considerations. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has affirmed that ‘tackling (the) pandemic requires a gender-responsive, equity-oriented and human rights-based approach’1 while underlining […]
In Africa, as in other settings pandemics and their resultant effects are not gender blind and have the potential to exponentially magnify existing gender inequalities and the plight of other vulnerable populations; such as those with disabilities, refugees, and internally displaced persons. This is especially the case for less-resourced countries where limited social protection measures […]
By April 13 2020, Nigeria had 343 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with a high likelihood that thesecases could be the start of a widespread outbreak. While President Buhari announced thatmovement in the Federal Capital Territory, and Lagos and Ogun states should stop from 30 Marchfor an initial 14 days and measures would be taken to ameliorate […]
Nigeria saw epidemic levels of violence against women and girls (VAWG) prior to the COVID-19pandemic. The past six months have seen a spike in reports and a number of high profile cases. Public outcry and advocacy of women’s rights activists caused the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to declare a state of emergency and President Buhari to […]
Denying pregnant women access to their support network during maternity care may have a lasting negative impact, warn Benjamin Black, Jane Laking, and Gillian McKay Community engagement has long been a central pillar of outbreak response and covid-19 is no different. This is vital across all healthcare, including maternity, not only the vertical covid-19 response. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous upheaval to health systems around the world, disrupting access to family planning information and services, as well as sexual and reproductive health more broadly. Despite this disruption, the need for family planning remains the same. For women, family planning is critical, basic health care. As health systems shift to […]
