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Beyond a Zero-Sum Game

Beyond a zero-sum game: How does the impact of COVID-19 vary by gender?

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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 […]
COVID-19 Data On Trans And Gender-Expansive People, Stat

COVID-19 data on trans and gender-expansive people, stat!

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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 […]
Everybody hates me - LaRon Nelson

Everybody hates me: let’s talk about stigma – Dr. LaRon Nelson: from HIV to COVID-19 stigma, in search of our common humanity (and giraffes!)

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In this podcast we travel back to the 1980’s to learn about how early experiences of HIV stigma and LGBTQ stigma shaped the path that Dr. LaRon Nelson currently traverses regarding working to reduce multiple forms of stigma, including racism, LGBTQ stigma and HIV related stigma in diverse global contexts. We also discuss the importance […]
A gender-responsive policy and fiscal response to the pandemic

A gender-responsive policy and fiscal response to the pandemic

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It is important to include women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex+ persons in the monitoring and accountability mechanisms of the government. A policy that is based on gender concerns and a gender-sensitive fiscal response to the ongoing health crisis as well as the period after that is the need of the hour. Jashodhara […]
On the Fringes Impact of the COVID-19 Shutdown on Hijras Daily Personal, Social and Economic Lives

On the Fringes: Impact of the COVID-19 Shutdown on Hijras Daily Personal, Social and Economic Lives

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The aim of the research was to understand the health, social and economic impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdown on the lives of poor and marginalized hijra populations in Bangladesh. As the government and public health professionals have emphasized the importance of social distancing and quarantining to prevent community transmission of the Coronavirus, a […]

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On the Fringes: Impact of the COVID-19 Shutdown on Hijras Daily Personal, Social and Economic Lives

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