An open letter to the WHO Director-General by Global Action on Men’s Health, jointly signed by a range of men’s health organizations around the world. Tragically, at least two million men around the world have so far died as a direct result of COVID-19. Men have borne an excess burden of serious disease and mortality […]
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 COVID-19 pandemic has refocused attention on many health inequalities, not least those related to gender. Globally, men and women are thought to be infected with COVID-19 in roughly equal numbers. But, overall, men are 40% more likely than women to die from COVID-19 and almost three times more likely to require admission to an […]
They were pillars of their communities and families, and they are not replaceable. To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry… Johnson, A., & Martin, N. (2020, December 22). How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men. ProPublica.
This Durham University report shares the findings of a survey conducted with 36 members of MenEngage Europe to find out how work with men and boys to build gender equality has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis. The survey was carried out between 4th May and 19th June 2020, so represents a snapshot of a […]
The global pandemic as a result of the SARS-CoV2 virus has seen over 16m people infected and over 650,000 deaths, with men at double the risk of both developing the severe form of the disease and mortality. There are both biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) factors, compounded by socio-economic factors and ethnicity, that impact on […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching impacts on every aspect of society in countries across the world, making clear the importance of applying a gendered – and in this case, a masculinities – lens to the pandemic’s impact. Based on critical masculinity theory and an extensive review of publications ranging from newspaper articles to academic […]
Social isolation and loneliness are risk factors for poor health, and are increasingly affecting younger men. GPs can play an important role in recognising and addressing the problems using the tools and services being developed to help tackle the issues. White A, Taylor T, Cooper R (2020). Social isolation and loneliness: a hidden killer. Trends […]
Exploring how male and female immune systems differ and how this is impacting the course of the COVID-19 crisis As an immunologist my research is focused around trying to unravel the possibilities for a novel signalling system involving two receptors, toll-like receptor 7 & 8, which normally detect harmful RNAs found in viruses, bacteria and […]
Host: Jeannette Wolfe Guests: Dr Gary Barker CEO of Promundo- an organization that promotes healthy masculinity and gender equality; Dr Stephen Burrell Assistant Professor in the Dept of Sociology at Durham University – whose area of focus in on engaging men and boys in the prevention of violence against women. Today’s podcast features the first part of our […]
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