Read the full article here: To ‘Build Back Better,’ Listen to Women COVID-19 has walloped the world’s women. As the virus spread, women—who are overrepresented in hard-hit industries like food service, hospitality, education and, crucially, health care—found themselves vulnerable, unemployed and without a social safety net, and often neglected by government crisis responses. Closures of businesses […]
Effective, decisive, and inclusive: Women’s leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery This working paper is part of UN Women’s research efforts to highlight the importance of women’s leadership and participation in decision-making during the pandemic and beyond. The working paper tackles the question of how women leaders at the national and subnational levels of government […]
When schools shut: Gendered impacts of Covid-19 school closures School closures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have caused unprecedented disruption for nearly 1.6 billion learners across the globe. Beyond alarming effects on learning loss and school dropout, they pose an immediate and long-term threat to gender equality, with gender-specific effects on health, well-being and […]
Insegurança alimentar de mulheres e suas famílias no contexto da pandemia no Brasil Este relatório apresenta resultados preliminares da pesquisa “Covid-19, risco, impacto e resposta de gênero”, desenvolvida no Brasil pela Fiocruz e instituições parceiras1. Diversos temas relacionados aos impactos da pandemia da Covid-19 na vida das mulheres são contemplados pela pesquisa, mas este relatório […]
Women and their families’ food insecurity during a pandemic in Brazil This report presents preliminary results from the research “COVID-19, risk, impact and gender response” carried out in Brazil by Fiocruz and partner institutions. Several subjects related to the impact of COVID-19 in women’s lives are addressed by the research, but this report focuses specifically […]
The Project identified the effects of COVID-19 on women healthcare workers’ health and wellbeing in British Columbia (BC), Canada. This brief provides an overview of the findings from research with nurses. It identifies levers of change to strengthen gender-responsive health systems and better support women healthcare workers to ensure they can provide a high standard […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and vulnerable groups, as well as compounded pre-existing gender inequalities. As a result, measures to mitigate the gendered impacts of COVID-19 must be part of pandemic response and recovery plans. This report analyzes the gender responsiveness of Nigeria’s COVID-19 plan by asking: This report covers both the primary […]
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, […]
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