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 pandemic has tested and even reversed progress in expanding women’s rights and opportunities. Women have not recovered lost jobs and income, hunger is on the rise, and school closures threaten girls’ educational gains. Women’s participation in government, research, and resource management remains far from equal. Vulnerable groups of women, including migrants, those with disabilities, […]
COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy: Canada’s comparative advantage ABSTRACT The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented attention to the relationship between gender inequality and global health security. Within this context, Canada is well placed, due to its foreign and domestic policy commitments to advancing gender equity, to take a leadership role in addressing the disproportionate […]
Gender and Race on the Frontline: Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic In this article, we seek to contribute to this literature to demonstrate the gendered and racial effects of COVID-19 within the role of women as healthcare workers. Health emergencies differentially affect groups across societies. As witnessed during H1N1, Ebola, […]
Unlocked in Lockdown: Responding to the shadow pandemic of gender violence Warriors of the Shadow Pandemic is a short clip that acknowledges the work of the counselors who put themselves front and center in the middle of lockdown to extend support to domestic violence survivors. It is no surprise that a massive increase was seen […]
Bringing in the Gender and Rural Perspective to Dealing with Covid 19 The suggestions – maintain social distancing, stay-at-home and be responsible quickly turned to a full country lockdown with a notice of 4 hours by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 24th of March, 2020. While a government enforced directive was of grave importance […]
Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 in Fragile Settings: A Syndemic Model This report examines the avenues through which the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the pre-existing epidemic of gender-based violence in fragile settings and, in turn, how gender-based violence can directly and indirectly contribute to COVID-19 vulnerability and community transmission. The authors’ research was supported by the […]
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had multi-layered socioeconomic effects on women and girls. Women have faced a surge in gender-based violence, exacerbated by confinement, overcrowding and socioeconomic insecurity. During lock-downs, women who carried out essential tasks, such as nurses, midwives, cleaners, and carers had to be at the forefront risking their health and safety, while […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting food and nutrition security through economic and social systems shocks, food system disruptions and gaps in coverage of essential health and nutrition services. Food systems in low- and middle-income countries must adapt and strengthen food and nutrition security in the wake of COVID-19… Carducci, B., Keats, E. C., Ruel, M., […]
Practical guides for adolesecents and young people, and their parents and caregivers to see how gender can affect our lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontline AIDS. (2020). COVID-19 and gender: A guide for adolesecents and young people.
The pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns implemented by governments across the world had severe economic and social repercussions. World over, women are grappling with a triple burden of loss in incomes, increased care and domestic work and an escalation of domestic violence (1). COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women workers in the informal economy (2).The International […]
The economic downturn precipitated by Covid-19 is different from that caused by previous shocks. It is likely to have a particularly harsh impact on hospitality, retail, and care sectors that are female-dominated and dominated by Black and minority ethnic workers. At the same time, services that enable women, and especially disabled women’s, labour market participation, […]
The division of work between women and men is, and has long been, profoundly gendered. Women’s access to paid work, leisure time and power remains heavily constrained by traditional social roles as carers and mothers even as they have increasingly entered and remained in the labour market. The response to Covid-19 has seen a significant […]
In this study we focused on two aspects. First, in addition to vaccine hesitancy, we wanted to understand people’s knowledge, awareness, perception, and attitude towards the availability of and access to vaccines. Second, in all analyses we stratify the answers by the respondents’ gender to unearth possible gender disparities which may shed light on concerns […]
Refletir e agir sobre os efeitos de uma pandemia vai muito além do processo saúde e doença. No Brasil e em outros países, são várias as iniciativas encabeçadas por organizações, movimentos, instituições, acadêmicos, pesquisadores e especialistas das áreas de ciências sociais e humanidades que vêm analisando os fenômenos causados pela Covid-19 a partir de marcadores […]
The measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in gender-based violence around the world. As governments moved to limit, suspend, or digitize vital victim support services, civil society organizations – and in particular grassroots legal empowerment groups- found new ways of helping women to seek safety and justice. This report examines […]
Studies around the world are revealing differential and disproportionate socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women arising from the compounding effects of many complex factors. To contribute to the discourse and influence key decision-making, FP Analytics has synthesized evidence of the devastating gendered effects of the pandemic and current government responses, and provides recommendations […]
The Generation Equality Forum in Paris on 30 June-2 July 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women. The 1995 event was a milestone for advancing women’s rights,1 but it is disheartening that still not one country can claim to have achieved gender equality. By 2045 most global leaders will […]
As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out across the globe, many have wondered whether pregnant and lactating people can or should be vaccinated as part of broader immunization efforts. Countries have taken a variety of positions – ranging from highly restrictive policies that bar access to vaccines based on pregnancy or lactation status to widely […]
This paper analyses the potential contribution of social protection to a gender-transformative economic recovery over the medium term, defined as running from the present to the end of 2022. It builds on the existing Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert (SPACE) advice publication; SPACE Social Protection in the COVID-19 Recovery: Opportunities and Challenges. Over the […]
Key Messages: The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis have exacerbated gender inequalities. The crisis has increased women’s care responsibilities, disproportionately affected women’s jobs and livelihoods, and increased the risk of violence against women and girls. Social protection has been a key policy response to the crisis, but the extent to which these measures have recognised […]
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 pandemic has tested and even reversed progress in expanding women’s rights and opportunities. Women have not recovered lost jobs and income, hunger is on the rise, and school closures threaten girls’ educational gains. Women’s participation in government, research, and resource management remains far from equal. Vulnerable groups of women, including migrants, those with disabilities, […]
COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy: Canada’s comparative advantage ABSTRACT The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented attention to the relationship between gender inequality and global health security. Within this context, Canada is well placed, due to its foreign and domestic policy commitments to advancing gender equity, to take a leadership role in addressing the disproportionate […]
Gender and Race on the Frontline: Experiences of Health Workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic In this article, we seek to contribute to this literature to demonstrate the gendered and racial effects of COVID-19 within the role of women as healthcare workers. Health emergencies differentially affect groups across societies. As witnessed during H1N1, Ebola, […]
Unlocked in Lockdown: Responding to the shadow pandemic of gender violence Warriors of the Shadow Pandemic is a short clip that acknowledges the work of the counselors who put themselves front and center in the middle of lockdown to extend support to domestic violence survivors. It is no surprise that a massive increase was seen […]
Bringing in the Gender and Rural Perspective to Dealing with Covid 19 The suggestions – maintain social distancing, stay-at-home and be responsible quickly turned to a full country lockdown with a notice of 4 hours by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 24th of March, 2020. While a government enforced directive was of grave importance […]
Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 in Fragile Settings: A Syndemic Model This report examines the avenues through which the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the pre-existing epidemic of gender-based violence in fragile settings and, in turn, how gender-based violence can directly and indirectly contribute to COVID-19 vulnerability and community transmission. The authors’ research was supported by the […]
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had multi-layered socioeconomic effects on women and girls. Women have faced a surge in gender-based violence, exacerbated by confinement, overcrowding and socioeconomic insecurity. During lock-downs, women who carried out essential tasks, such as nurses, midwives, cleaners, and carers had to be at the forefront risking their health and safety, while […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting food and nutrition security through economic and social systems shocks, food system disruptions and gaps in coverage of essential health and nutrition services. Food systems in low- and middle-income countries must adapt and strengthen food and nutrition security in the wake of COVID-19… Carducci, B., Keats, E. C., Ruel, M., […]
Practical guides for adolesecents and young people, and their parents and caregivers to see how gender can affect our lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontline AIDS. (2020). COVID-19 and gender: A guide for adolesecents and young people.
The pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns implemented by governments across the world had severe economic and social repercussions. World over, women are grappling with a triple burden of loss in incomes, increased care and domestic work and an escalation of domestic violence (1). COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women workers in the informal economy (2).The International […]
The economic downturn precipitated by Covid-19 is different from that caused by previous shocks. It is likely to have a particularly harsh impact on hospitality, retail, and care sectors that are female-dominated and dominated by Black and minority ethnic workers. At the same time, services that enable women, and especially disabled women’s, labour market participation, […]
The division of work between women and men is, and has long been, profoundly gendered. Women’s access to paid work, leisure time and power remains heavily constrained by traditional social roles as carers and mothers even as they have increasingly entered and remained in the labour market. The response to Covid-19 has seen a significant […]
In this study we focused on two aspects. First, in addition to vaccine hesitancy, we wanted to understand people’s knowledge, awareness, perception, and attitude towards the availability of and access to vaccines. Second, in all analyses we stratify the answers by the respondents’ gender to unearth possible gender disparities which may shed light on concerns […]
Refletir e agir sobre os efeitos de uma pandemia vai muito além do processo saúde e doença. No Brasil e em outros países, são várias as iniciativas encabeçadas por organizações, movimentos, instituições, acadêmicos, pesquisadores e especialistas das áreas de ciências sociais e humanidades que vêm analisando os fenômenos causados pela Covid-19 a partir de marcadores […]
The measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in gender-based violence around the world. As governments moved to limit, suspend, or digitize vital victim support services, civil society organizations – and in particular grassroots legal empowerment groups- found new ways of helping women to seek safety and justice. This report examines […]
Studies around the world are revealing differential and disproportionate socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women arising from the compounding effects of many complex factors. To contribute to the discourse and influence key decision-making, FP Analytics has synthesized evidence of the devastating gendered effects of the pandemic and current government responses, and provides recommendations […]
The Generation Equality Forum in Paris on 30 June-2 July 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women. The 1995 event was a milestone for advancing women’s rights,1 but it is disheartening that still not one country can claim to have achieved gender equality. By 2045 most global leaders will […]
As COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out across the globe, many have wondered whether pregnant and lactating people can or should be vaccinated as part of broader immunization efforts. Countries have taken a variety of positions – ranging from highly restrictive policies that bar access to vaccines based on pregnancy or lactation status to widely […]
This paper analyses the potential contribution of social protection to a gender-transformative economic recovery over the medium term, defined as running from the present to the end of 2022. It builds on the existing Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert (SPACE) advice publication; SPACE Social Protection in the COVID-19 Recovery: Opportunities and Challenges. Over the […]
Key Messages: The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis have exacerbated gender inequalities. The crisis has increased women’s care responsibilities, disproportionately affected women’s jobs and livelihoods, and increased the risk of violence against women and girls. Social protection has been a key policy response to the crisis, but the extent to which these measures have recognised […]
