Gender and Social Protection in the COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Opportunities and ChallengesExecutive summary This paper analyses the potential contribution of social protection to a gender-transformative economicrecovery over the medium term, defined as running from the present to the end of 2022. It builds on theexisting Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert (SPACE) advice publication; SPACE […]
Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is evident that the pandemic is not only a global health crisis but is also causing a global economic recession that is exacerbating pre-existing gender inequalities. This brief analyzes how the pandemic’s economic effects impact women workers and the repercussions for gender equality in the Canadian economy. […]
Epidemics and pandemics, like COVID-19, are not gender neutral. Much of the current work on gender, sex, and COVID-19, however, has seemed implicitly or explicitly to be attempting to demonstrate that either men or women have been hardest hit, treating differences between women and men as though it is not important to understand how each […]
The aim of the study is to document how academics who mother have reorganized work and childcare since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States, how those shifts have affected their academic productivity, and solutions proposed by academics living these experiences. We collected data via an online survey and, subsequently, by […]
India has been coping with an overwhelmingly alarming second wave of the COVID-19 virus. The situation remains very distressing for citizens and frontline workers alike. Overburdened with patients, the healthcare system has collapsed. Many hospitals ran out of oxygen and critical drugs, as well as available beds. Cases peaked at around 400,000 new cases daily […]
Women are almost 70% of the global health and social workforce but it is estimated they hold only 25% of senior roles. During the COVID19 pandemic women have provided much of the health and care, but have not had an equal say in decision making. This pervasive leadership gap between women and men in health […]
The first session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Mexico City this past March, marks the anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25). Through the forum, governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations and others are working to advance global gender equality, […]
Since April 2020, researchers at the Harvard GenderSci Lab have been tracking COVID-19 cases and fatalities by sex/gender across 53 US states and territories, providing weekly updated numbers on the “US Gender/Sex COVID-19 Data Tracker.” This blog post documents the current state of COVID-19 sex/gender data, explains the need for more inclusive reporting, and shows […]
Objective To estimate the direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in 2020 in 29 high-income countries with reliable and complete age and sex disaggregated mortality data. Design Time series study of high income countries. Setting Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England and Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, […]
As our knowledge of sex- and gender-based medicine (SGBM) continues to grow, attention to precision in the use of related terminology is critical. Unfortunately, the terms sex and gender are often used interchangeably and incorrectly, both within and outside of the typical binary construct. On behalf of the Sex and Gender Women’s Health Collaborative (SGWHC), […]
We meet online every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and public health emergencies.
We meet online every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and public health emergencies.
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