https://truthout.org/articles/hawaii-considers-an-explicitly-feminist-plan-for-covid-era-economic-recovery/
The plan recognizes the current crisis as the "moment to build a system that is capable of delivering gender equality."
#feminist policy
#policy
#covid-19
#gender
#crisis response
#government response
#hawaii
about 6 years ago
https://allianceforpeacebuilding.org/the-edge-of-crisis-covid-19s-impact-on-peacebuilding-measures-to-stabilize-the-field/
The results point to existential threats to peacebuilding efforts posed by COVID-19. Findings were further analyzed across small-scale (69%), medium-scale (14%), and large-scale (17%) organizations within participating respondents.
#peace and security
#women peacebuilders
#women peace and security
#covid-19
#gender
about 6 years ago
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/libyas-forgotten-half-between-conflict-and-pandemic-women-pay-the-higher-price/
#gender
#north africa
#mena
#war and conflict
#pandemic
#covid-19
#libya
about 6 years ago
https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/covid-position-paper_FINAL.pdf
Energy access remains as important as ever for households and businesses, as pointed out by the World Bank and the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, with health infrastructure and women’s role in care stressed. Further, traditional cooking smoke may pose an additional risk for women if infected.
#energy
#electricity
#covid-19
#access to energy
#gender
about 6 years ago
https://canadianwomen.org/resetting-normal/
Resetting Normal is a series of reports on gender equality and the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The series explores risks to human rights exposed by the pandemic and proposes new ways to build a gender-equal Canada in pandemic recovery efforts.
#funding
#ngo
#women's funds
#covid-19
about 6 years ago
https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/black-feminist-perspectives-on-covid-19-a-reading-list
What are Black women’s perspectives on the pandemic that is COVID-19? Why is it imperative that we center Black women’s thoughts and opinions on and about the coronavirus? What can we learn from these perspectives, thoughts, feelings, and concerns about the pandemic that can help as we navigate through this and after it?
#black women
#african americans
#black feminism
#covid-19
#resources
#reading list
about 6 years ago
https://womenenabled.org/blog/covid-19-survey-findings
Responding to this crisis in a way that fully respects, protects, and fulfills rights at the intersection of gender and disability.
#disability
#gender
#covid-19
#study
about 6 years ago
https://giwps.georgetown.edu/resource/justice-for-women-amidst-covid-19/
This report documents major challenges to women’s access to justice in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and puts forth recommendations to accelerate action and push back against threats to progress.
#legal system
#justice
#criminal justice
#covid-19
#gender
#violence against women
about 6 years ago
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/violence-against-indigenous-women-during-covid-19-sparks-calls-for-mmiwg-plan-1.4932833
#domestic violence
#indigenous violence
#indigenous women
#mmiwg
#indigenous
#canada
#covid-19
over 6 years ago
https://www.astraeafoundation.org/collective-care-blog/
This Collective Care campaign blog uplifts how LBTQI organizers are being impacted by COVID-19 and how dynamically and fiercely they are responding and working to protect their people. As a feminist funder it’s our responsibility to keep resourcing LBTQI communities and to do it in ways that are adaptive and responsive to our grantees’ needs.
#lesbian
#lgbt rights
#blog
#astraea
#covid-19
over 6 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/commentisfree/2020/may/11/women-are-on-the-covid-19-frontline-we-must-give-them-the-support-they-need
#domestic violence
#global development
#infectious diseases
#united nations
#women
#gender
#workplace
#nursing
#healthcare
#covid-19
over 6 years ago
http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/05/12/Syria-refugee-women-coronavirus-battleground
#gender-based violence
#syria
#refugees
#covid-19
over 6 years ago
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/covid19-health-systems-must-address-sexual-and-reproductive-health-by-shannon-kowalski-2020-05
The crisis is an opportunity for policymakers to support initiatives that give women and girls more power over their immediate needs and improve access to critical services in the long term.
#abortion
#coronavirus
#lockdowns
#maternity
#reproductive health
#reproductive rights
#sexual health
#covid-19
over 6 years ago
https://lac.unwomen.org/en/digiteca/publicaciones/2020/04/prevencion-de-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres-frente-a-covid-19#view
This document compiles emerging data on the impact of the pandemic on violence against women and girls and aims to provide guidance to public and private actors, those in civil society and the international community. It proposes strategies, recommendations and highlights promising practices to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls during the COVID-19 crisis.
#violence against women
#covid-19
#latin america
#caribbean
over 6 years ago
https://thephilanthropist.ca/2020/05/covid-19s-dispropportionate-impact-on-women-raises-tough-questions-for-a-philanthropic-community-wary-of-applying-a-gender-lens-to-its-investments/
Some foundations may see their cause, such as fighting disease or hunger, as more “hard core” than gender equality. Others dismiss the focus on gender equity as a fad, or argue that they don’t want to discriminate.
#philanthropy
#feminist investing
#investment
#covid-19
#gender
over 6 years ago
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/black-brazilian-women-take-bold-action-against-gender-based-violence/
As President Bolsonaro’s far-right government decimates state support, activists are stepping in to combat abuse during the coronavirus crisis.
#race
#brazil
#gender-based violence
#domestic violence
over 6 years ago
https://outrightinternational.org/content/new-report-documents-amplified-impact-covid-19-lgbtiq-people
OutRight Action International has released a pioneering report, “Vulnerability Amplified: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBTIQ people”, documenting effects of the pandemic on LGBTIQ people. While the COVID-19 pandemic leaves no country and no individual unaffected, drawing on almost 60 rapid research interviews conducted with LGBTIQ people in all regions of the world, the report overwhelmingly shows that the challenges faced by LGBTIQ people as a result of the virus and surrounding containment measures are specific and amplified compared to the broader population.
#lgbt
#lgbt rights
#outright
#covid-19
over 6 years ago
https://hi.org/sn_uploads/document/SHORT-HI-Messages-on-COVID19-Policy-Paper-15042020-ENG.pdf
A short paper on ensuring COVID response is inclusive of the most vulnerable including persons with disabilities
#disability
#covid-19
#resources
#inclusion
#human rights
over 6 years ago
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferbarrett/2020/05/11/could-the-coronavirus-pandemic-shift-gender-roles-once-and-for-all
Some researchers think the pandemic could change the landscape of gender roles in the United States.
#childcare
#female breadwinner
#gender roles
#household chores
#pandemic
#gender
#covid-19
#lockdown
#gender equality
over 6 years ago
https://msmagazine.com/2020/05/12/the-ms-qa-valerie-hudson-on-placing-womens-rights-at-the-core-of-foreign-policy/
#gender
#women's rights
#leadership
#policy
over 6 years ago
https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-we-need-a-feminist-response-to-this-pandemic-97119
over 6 years ago
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/COVID-19-and-child-early-and-forced-marriage_FINAL.pdf
This brief provides insights, recommendations, and resources for responding to the needs of adolescent girls, including those at risk of child marriage, during and after the crisis.
#child marriage
#girls
#women and girls
#women's rights
#covid-19
#reproductive rights
#gender-based violence
over 6 years ago
https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2020/05/07/if-not-now-when-queer-and-trans-people-reclaim-their-power
Finding solidarity in chaos, LGBT voices rang out in Lebanon’s revolution with the rest of the country, demanding a better future for all. Despite an economic crisis, solidarity and resilience are the foundations of the protests, and should be the foundations of Lebanon's future.
#lgbt rights
#lebanon
#covid-19
#war and conflict
over 6 years ago
https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/05/11/pandemic-used-as-a-cover-for-increased-persecution-of-women-human-rights-defenders-globally/247437
Canada must live up to promise of feminist foreign policy by putting women at centre of its global COVID-19 responses.
#persecution
#covid-19
#human rights
#human rights violations
#gender
#gender-based violence
over 6 years ago
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2020/05/06/coronavirus-south-sudan-women-abuse-gender-violence
Women in camps worry they will find little aid if they become victims of physical or sexual violence.
#covid-19
#south sudan
#africa
#gender-based violence
#gender
over 6 years ago