Branwen Millar invites you to an International Women’s Day event organised by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNDRR) Women’s International Network on Disaster Risk Reduction and UN Women’s Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific. Tune in for discussion about the need for women’s leadership in the COVID-19 response and recovery. Women’s leadership brings […]
COVID-19 has exacerbated gender inequalities in society. The Scientific and Academic Gender (in)equality during COVID-19 (SAGE19) project looks at this reality in the academic context considering the gender segregation dynamics that already exist and the new challenges that have arisen due to the pandemic. The aim of the project is to analyze the consequences of […]
Women’s economic empowerment measures must assess women and girls’ capacities and capabilities to a) alter or advance their economic circumstances and b) control economic decisions in their lives. This requires both internal capacities (e.g., skills, self-efficacy); external assets, resources, and opportunities; and a social context supportive of gender equality and safety as well as social […]
Women lost 156,000 jobs in the month of December while men gained 16,000 jobs, underscoring how the pandemic-fueled rise in unemployment is disproportionately hitting women. An analysis from the National Women’s Law Center shows that women essentially accounted for the 140,000 lost jobs the economy recorded in December. It’s the first time the economy has […]
The discussion on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has also been accompanied by a strong debate on the exacerbation of structural inequalities in Brazil and in the world. While the rapid spread of the disease and the large number of deaths demonstrate that the virus itself does not discriminate who will be infected, gender, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the already existing gender inequalities with substantial implications on women. With the closure of offices and educational institutions, and the emerging norm of work from home and online education, along with the lack of services of domestic worker, the need to perform unpaid chores in the household has increased. Simultaneously, […]
Roughly one in every nine people in the UK are in insecure work, including zero hours contracts, agency working, short term contracts and some forms of self-employment. Many industry sectors dominated by women have significantly higher rates of insecure work, such as the adult social care sector in which 24% of workers on zero hours […]
This toolkit provides guidance on using Oxfam’s Household Care Survey methodology, which was developed by Oxfam as part of the WE-Care initiative to transform the provision of unpaid care and domestic work. Unpaid care and domestic work underpins all our lives yet is overwhelmingly provided by women and girls. Recognising unpaid care and domestic work […]
The COVID-19 outbreak and resultant economic crisis has led to governments in Europe taking extraordinary action to support citizens. Bodies such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) recommend such measures should include targeted support for the most affected population groups. Women form one of these groups, with disproportionate impacts on their employment and economic resources […]
Post-pandemic economic recovery plans have relied heavily upon benchmarks set by studies and frameworks that do not address the gendered impacts of crises or take proactive, feminist measures to reach women, girls, Indigenous peoples, immigrant communities, and other historically disadvantaged groups. The need for an inclusive, gender-equitable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly gaining […]
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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