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Zoe Duckworth
The first survey on the situation of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil was launched in May 2020. What motivated the creation of this survey at that time? For many years we have been dedicated to studying what we call frontline professionals – or street level bureaucrats – in Brazilian public services. We […]
Entrevista Gabriela Lotta
O primeiro survey sobre a situação dos profissionais de saúde durante a pandemia da Covid-19 foi lançado em maio de 2020. O que motivou a criação deste survey naquela época? Há muitos anos nós temos nos dedicado a estudar o que chamamos de profissionais da linha de frente – ou burocratas de nível de rua […]
Book Launch: Feminist Global Health Security
Lynda Keeru reports back from an LSE event to launch Clare Wenham’s new book Feminist Global Health Security. Over the last year and a half we have seen a great deal of pandemic-related research published. This includes a fantastic new book – Feminist Global Health Security – by our colleague Clare Wenham. The book is […]
A Tale of Two Pandemics: The Experiences of Young Women and Adolescent Girls during COVID-19 in Nairobi, Kenya
In this post Eliane Lakam, Pavita Singh and Tasnim Abdi draw on existing literature and the experiences of women and girls involved with Girls Health Ed’s programs in Kenya, to provide a brief overview of the state of gender-based violence (GBV) against young women and adolescent girls and practical recommendations for policy, practice, and future […]
Canada’s COVID-19 policy and the GBA+
This study highlighted three key policy areas that are highlighted as critical for a gender-sensitive response.
The pandemic is gendered: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria
Date: 29 June 2021 Time: 9:00-10:30am (EST) 14:00-15:30 (BST; West Africa Standard Time) 16:00-17:30 (East Africa Time) 19:00-20:30 (Bangladesh Standard Time) To Register: https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ot3E9HG_Qt-GAEeCI0UmMQ There is mounting evidence that COVID-19 has gendered impacts. Women are bearing the brunt of the secondary effects of the pandemic, changes that are wrought by societal or political responses to […]
Pandemic preparedness and response: New report
In this blog Lynda Keeru reports back from ‘The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Presentation of the Panel’s main report, findings and recommendations’ webinar. They explain what is in the report by summarizing the presentations made by speakers. Helen Clark and Ellen Sirleaf launched the main findings and recommendations of the Independent Panel […]