Gender and COVID-19 Resources
The list below provides informative resources to support organizations in their collection of gender data around the impact of COVID19. Although the list is not exhaustive, it provides a range of gender data to support research and policy makers who seek to provide a gender-sensitive response to reduce the gender inequalities experienced as a result of the pandemic.
Care Economy
UN Women. 2020. COVID-19 and the care economy: Immediate action and structural transformation for a gender-responsive recovery
C.D. Howe Institute. July 2020. The moms are not all right
UN Women. June 2020. Covid-19 and the care economy: Immediate action and structural transformation for a gender-responsive recovery
UN Women. June 2020. Women’s unpaid and underpaid work in the times of Covid-19
Feminism in India. June 2020. Coronavirus and the unpaid labour women
World Economic Forum. April 2020. Covid-19 highlights how caregiving fuels gender inequality
Dissent Magazine. April 2020. Social reproduction and the pandemic, with Tithi Bhattacharya
Gender-Based Violence
UN Women. 2020. COVID-19 and violence against women and girls: Addressing the shadow pandemic
The Lancet. June 2020. Covid-19: A public health approach to manage domestic violence is needed
Save The Children. June 2020. Spike in violence against Venezuelan children as covid-19 deepens crisis
Devex. May 2020. Has it become too dangerous to measure violence against women
United Nations Development Programme. May 2020. Gender-based violence and covid-19
The Conversation. May 2020. Sexual and gender-based violence during covid-19: lessons from Ebola
Council on Foreign Relations. May 2020. A double pandemic: Domestic violence in the age of covid-19
UNFPA. April 2020. Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on family planning and ending gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and child marriage
UNFPA. May 2020. CVA and covid-19 tip sheet for GBV and SRH programming
Girls’ Education
World Economic Forum. June 2020. Covid-19 has exposed the education divide in Nigeria
Plan International. 2020. Living under lockdown: Girls and covid-19
Philanthropy Women. May 2020. How Vodafone is funding women in stem during covid
Brookings Institute. May 2020. How school closures during covid-19 further marginalize vulnerable children in Kenya
Brookings Institute. May 2020. 5 actions to help bring the most marginalized girls back to school after covid-19
Observer Research Foundation. May 2020. Gender dimensions of school in India during covid-19: Lessons from Ebola
Plan International. April 2020. Joint solidarity letter to the African union
Global Governance
Nature. July 2020. Women are most affected by pandemics – lessons from past outbreaks
OECD. 2020. Women at the core of the fight against covid-19 crisis
Transparency International. June 2020. Anti-corruption response to covid-19 must include women
World Economic Forum. May 2020. Tackling covid-19 requires better governance of Al and other frontier technologies
World Politics Review. May 2020. It’s time for a new multilateral framework to address covid-19
UN Women. 2020. Covid-19 and women’s leadership: From an effective response to building back better
Open Knowledge. May 2020. Supporting women throughout the coronavirus (Covid-19) emergency response and economic recovery
Household Structures and SRHR
Devex. July 2020. Women and children lose 20% of health, social services to covid-19
Save The Children. June 2020. Sierra Leone: Innovative sexual health app to help prevent surge in teenage pregnancy due to covid-19
Plan International. June 2020. Covid-19: Lockdown linked to high number of unintended teen pregnancies in Kenya
World Economic Forum. May 2020. Covid-19 is highlighting global neglect of pregnant women and midwives
United Nations. May 2020. Un celebrates midwives during covid-19 crisis because ‘childbirth doesn’t stop for pandemics’
Relief Web. May 2020. Daring to ask, listen, and act: A snapshot of the impacts of covid-19 on women and girls’ rights and sexual reproductive health
The New England Journal of Medicine. April 2020. Abortion during covid-19 pandemic – ensuring access to an essential health service
Health Cluster Occupied Palestinian Territory. April 2020. The impact of covid-19 on sexual and reproductive, including maternal health in Palestine
Guttmacher Institute. March 2020. The covid-19 outbreak: Potential fallout for sexual and reproductive health and rights
Labour Market
UN Women. 2020. Addressing the economic fallout of COVID-19: Pathways and policy options for a gender-responsive recovery
North Western University. August 2020. This time it’s different: the role of women’s employment in a pandemic recession
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. June 2020. The effect of covid-19 on women in artisanal mining
The Jakarta Post. June 2020. Women at work need decisive action from ASEAN to recover from covid-19
UN Women. June 2020. Addressing the economic fallout of Covid-19: Pathways and policy options for a gender-responsive recovery
The Guardian. June 2020. Small boats and female workers hardest hit by covid-19 fisheries impact
The Guardian. May 2020. Pink-collar recession: how the covid-19 crisis could set back a generation of women
Feminism in India. May 2020. The impact of covid-19 on Assam’s women weavers
International Labour Organization. May 2020. Face Double Crises: Rapid assessment of the impact of covid-19 on vulnerable workers in Jordan
Feminism in India. May 2020. Post covid-19 for women in work: perspectives from India
World Economic Forum. April 2020. Here’s how to achieve gender equality after the pandemic
Care International. April 2020. New Study: Covid-19 condemns millions of women to poverty, when they could be a solution to prosperity
Lowy Institute. March 2020. Why gender matter in the impact and recovery from Covid-19
Other Articles/Sources
IDRC. July 2020. Gender and Covid-19
Melinda Gates. July 2020. Sexist and incomplete data hold back the world’s Covid-19 response
Foreign Affairs. July 2020. The pandemic’s toll on women
Devex. May 2020. Opinion: Without gender data, we leave critical Covid-19 clues on the table
Just Security. May 2020. What a ‘Feminist’ approach to fighting Covid-19 might have achieved
UNICEF. May 2020. Covid-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year
Amnesty International. May 2020. Sub-Saharan African: Government responses to Covid-19 should guarantee the protection of women and girls’ rights
ICRW. May 2020. Covid-19: Laying down the groundwork for recovery with gender at the fore
African Women’s Development Fund. April 2020. Surviving Covid-19: why we need to listen to African women’s organizations
OXFAM Canada. April 2020. Tackling the covid-19 pandemic extends beyond our borders and requires a feminist response
UN Women. April 2020. Putting women at the forefront of covid-19 response in Europe and Central Asia
UN Women. April 2020. Surveys show that covid-19 has gendered effects in Asia and Pacific
Project Syndicate. 2020. The gendered pandemic
Refugee Settings
UN Women. 2020. Leaving no one behind: Access to social protection for all migrant women
Response for Venezuelans. June 2020. The impact of covid-19 on refugees and migrants from Venezuela vulnerable to human trafficking and smuggling: Key messages to government authorities and law enforcement agencies
Africa News. June 2020. Coronavirus-Kenya: Women refugees on the front lines of covid-19 response
World Economic Forum. May 2020. Will covid-19 change how we think about migration and migrant workers
Response for Venezuelans. May 2020. Review of the refugee and migrant response plan 2020 for Venezuelans- covid 19 situation
Brookings Institute. May 2020. Less gratitude, please. How covid-19 reveals the need for migration reform
UNHCR. May 2020. Urban refugees struggling to survive as economic impact in covid-19 worsens in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa
Yale News. May 2020. Yale survey of refugees in Bangladesh aims to help prevent covid-19 spread
Al Jazeera. May 2020. Covid-19 lockdown worsens migrants’ suffering in Libya
Open Democracy. April 2020. Displaced women and girls in Latin America threatened by covid-19
Social Protection Programs
UN Women. June 2020. UN women’s response to covid-19
World Economic Forum. May 2020. IMF: Why social safety nets should be extended long after lockdown
International Federation of Red Cross. May 2020. Impact of covid-19 on refugee populations benefitting from the emergency social safety net programme
International Food Policy Research Institute. April 2020. Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the covid-19 response in low and middle income countries
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