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Leave no one behind in the global deployment of COVID-19 vaccines to gain back power
Amidst the unprecedented scale and speed of vaccine research and development, and the mammoth task of ‘leaving no one behind’ in the global deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, there is a need to ensure that critical sex and gender dimensions are prioritized in the evidence-generation, decision-making, and communication. Lynda Keeru reports back on ‘Sex and gender […]
Introducing work in Myanmar, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea
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Introducing work in Myanmar, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea
Kate Hawkins gives you the low down on a new gender and COVID-19 focused research project focused on Myanmar, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea
The gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: Bangladesh, Nigeria and Kenya
To better understand the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gender and COVID-19 project organized this webinar, ‘Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women in Bangladesh, Kenya and Nigeria.’ Lynda Keeru and Kate Hawkins feedback on emerging evidence. In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic and the subsequent measures put in place, the world […]
Interview with Gabriela Lotta on COVID-19 in Brazil
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 […]
Award: Excellence in International Public Health Practice
We are delighted that the work of the Gender and COVID-19 Project has been recognised in an award from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for Excellence in International Public Health Practice. These awards recognize COVID-19 related efforts that have made or have great potential to make a sustained impact on health and public health. […]
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.
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 […]
