Lessons for a feminist Covid-19 economic recovery: Multi-country perspectives Report: Times of crisis and renewal present opportunities for brave and innovative policy choices. Yet, despite calls to “build back better”, powerful actors around the world are showing little real vision. Written in collaboration with feminists and women’s rights organisations in four countries, Argentina, India, the […]
COVID-19 has reaffirmed that in the face of crises, social and economic fall-out is gendered. From the risk of job loss and economic instability to rising care responsibilities and the experience of violence inside the home, gender inequalities have tended to widen during the pandemic. While countries focus on health and mortality impacts of the […]
Patricia Bah of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation and Marian Pleasant Kargbo, Sierra Leone’s Family Planning 2030 Youth Focal Person, discuss what it takes to reach adolescents and youth with critical health services despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the podcast episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1752151/9999723
Salma Abou Hussein first learned about Female Genitle Mutilation (FGM) ten years ago while visiting a community school in rural Upper Egypt. The area had a high prevalence of FGM and there were ads and campaign posters warning parents from practicing it. Abou Hussein was shocked to learn the practice was so widespread and she […]
Gender equality and COVID-19: act now before it is too late 2 years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that gender differences exist, and that women, men, and gender minorities are differentially impacted by the pandemic. Emmanuela Gakidou and colleagues’ Article in The Lancet provides additional data to reinforce this fact. Much of the […]
How has Kenya responded to the gendered impacts of COVID-19? The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and vulnerable groups, magnifying existing gender inequalities. To prevent inequalities from further widening, countries must urgently address and mitigate the gendered impacts of the pandemic. In this report, we outline the gendered impacts of the pandemic in Kenya, […]
COVID-19 threatens to slow progress on the implementation of peace agreements, and reverse hard-won gains of women peacebuilders’ work towards holistic, gender-equal peace, rooted in human security. Through an analysis of in-depth interviews from a purposive sample of women peacebuilders in Colombia, South Sudan, the Philippines, and Ukraine, this article contributes to a greater understanding […]
Livelihood Transitions and Coping With Shocks: Women in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Sector Coping With COVID-19 In this paper, we examine in detail the experiences of a small group of workers from the export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh and how they coped with the shocks and disruptions associated with COVID-19. The research is […]
Livelihood Transitions of Women Workers During COVID-19: Domestic Workers in Dhaka The paper draws on primary research into the conditions of domestic workers in Bangladesh and how they coped with the shocks and disruptions associated with COVID-19. We can see our research as a lens to view the lives and livelihoods of workers with no […]
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated rapid development of preparedness and response plans to quell transmission and prevent illness across the world. Increasingly, there is an appreciation of the need to consider equity issues in the development and implementation of these plans, not least with respect to gender, given the demonstrated differences in the […]
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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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