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Gender-lens perspectives on COVID-19

Big-Money Charities Must Support Grassroots Coronavirus Relief

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/big-money-philanthropy-support-grassroots-coronavirus-relief

Philanthropy can be a powerful force for good in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

#activism #charity #philanthropy #politics #covid-19

over 6 years ago

Covid 19 – why gender matters

https://www.odi.org/blogs/16856-Covid-19-why-gender-matters

We already have good evidence of how a financial crisis impacts disproportionately on women and children, and whilst we know about some health crises, such as Ebola, there is much we do not know about global pandemics such as Covid-19.

#gender #covid-19 #policy #ebola #education

over 6 years ago

UN warns countries not to abuse coronavirus restrictions

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/494879-un-warns-countries-not-to-use-excessive-response-amid-coronavirus

The United Nations human rights office is warning countries that efforts to protect civilian populations and limit the spread of coronavirus must not morph into weapons for governments to tighten their grip on power.

#covid-19 #human rights #government response #war and conflict #militarism

over 6 years ago

Gender-Responsiveness Key to Leaving No One Behind in COVID-19 Pandemic - Arrow

https://arrow.org.my/gender-responsiveness-key-to-leaving-no-one-behind-in-covid-19-pandemic/

Joined by speakers from the World Health Organisation (WHO), civil society, ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and the Mission of Canada to ASEAN, the webinar ‘A Feminist Assessment of the ASEAN Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic’ addressed how the pandemic is disproportionately impacting women, LGBTIQ community, the poor and the most vulnerable groups who are often excluded from the access to healthcare, social protection, and relief schemes in the pandemic response.

over 6 years ago

‘They are starving’: women in India’s sex industry struggle for survival

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/29/they-are-starving-women-in-indias-sex-industry-struggle-for-survival

Exclusion from government Covid-19 relief has left many reliant on private food donations, as fears raised over protection from transmission after lockdown

#global development #prostitution #south and central asia #covid-19 #sex workers #sex work #india

over 6 years ago

How extremists are leveraging the COVID-19 crisis

https://lens.monash.edu/2020/04/28/1380103/covid-19-and-non-state-armed-groups-adapting-to-an-evolving-crisis

While some extremist groups have leveraged the coronavirus pandemic in order to enhance perceptions of their organisational legitimacy, others have shifted strategy in order to ramp up online propaganda activities.

#extremism #isis #terrorism #violent extremist groups #covid-19 #gender-based violence

over 6 years ago

'Calamitous': domestic violence set to soar by 20% during global lockdown

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/28/calamitous-domestic-violence-set-to-soar-by-20-during-global-lockdown-coronavirus

Data from the UN population fund, outlining increases in abuse, FGM and child marriage, predicts a grim decade for many women

#domestic violence #global development #infectious diseases #reproductive rights #covid-19 #lockdown #female genital mutilation #child marriage

over 6 years ago

On the frontline of war, Yemeni women are building peace

https://www.equaltimes.org/on-the-frontline-of-war-yemeni

It was the third year of the war when Muna Luqman heard of a conflict over water in Al-Haymatain, a remote area of Yemen's Taiz governorate well-known for disputes over the scarce resource. Two communities had taken up arms, and were threatening each other, but had not started fighting. Luqman, a peace activist and founder of Food4Humanity, a women-led civil society organisation that provides emergency relief, training and livelihood programmes, sent in a team of engineers to see what could be (...)

#yemen #peace and security #women peacebuilders #covid-19 #war and conflict

over 6 years ago

Women academics seem to be submitting fewer papers during coronavirus. ‘Never seen anything like it,’ says one editor.

https://www.thelily.com/women-academics-seem-to-be-submitting-fewer-papers-during-coronavirus-never-seen-anything-like-it-says-one-editor

The number of submissions from men has increased more than 50 percent. Other journals have only seen a dip in the number of solo-authored papers submitted by women.

#caregiving #household gender imbalance #cleaning #housework gender gap #household labour #covid-19 #academia #women in academia #childcare #stem

over 6 years ago

Female world leaders hailed as voices of reason amid the coronavirus chaos

https://www-washingtonpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/20/female-world-leaders-hailed-voices-reason-amid-coronavirus-chaos/

Women's achievements have stood in stark contrast to the bombastic rhetoric of several of the world’s most prominent male leaders.

#women's leadership #federal government #leadership #gender #covid-19 #crisis response #political representation

over 6 years ago

Economy & COVID-19: twin train wrecks for the women who make our clothes | Oxfam Canada

https://www.oxfam.ca/blog/the-twin-train-wrecks-of-the-economy-and-the-coronavirus-reflections-from-the-women-that-make-our-clothes/

April 24 is the seventh anniversary of the tragic Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,100 garment workers, mostly women.

#covid-19 #gender #garment workers #worker rights #fashion industry #worker exploitation

over 6 years ago

Opinion | A Second Covid Crisis Is Coming

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/24/covid-crisis-women-205856

If we don’t act now, women and girls will be suffering from the pandemic’s fallout for decades to come.

#covid-19 #gender #gender-based violence #maternal and child health

over 6 years ago

Sexism on the Covid-19 frontline: 'PPE is made for a 6ft 3in rugby player'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/sexism-on-the-covid-19-frontline-ppe-is-made-for-a-6ft-3in-rugby-player

Health professionals, experts and unions say poorly fitting equipment is risking lives of female workers

#gender #gender bias #gender data gap #discrimination #patriarchy #healthcare #covid-19 #ppe

over 6 years ago

Are female leaders more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/25/why-do-female-leaders-seem-to-be-more-successful-at-managing-the-coronavirus-crisis

Plenty of countries with male leaders have also done well. But few with female leaders have done badly

#angela merkel #denmark #germany #jacinda ardern #new zealand #leadership #women's leadership #crisis response #covid-19 #political representation #feminist leadership

over 6 years ago

STATEMENT: Women in Canada and COVID-19

https://www.criaw-icref.ca/en/news/enonce--les-femmes-au-canada-et-covid-19-81

Info, background analysis on COVID and women in Canada

#covid-19 #gender #canada

over 6 years ago

COVID-19 Requires An Intersectional Approach

http://www.el-karama.org/?news=covid-19-requires-an-intersectional-approach

Karama Women's Network submitted key points an recommendations under three headings: economic impact, women, peace and security & humanitarian aid, and violence against women.

#covid-19 #funding #peace and security #violence against women

over 6 years ago