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Gender-lens perspectives on COVID-19

UN Women - The First 100 Days of COVID-19 in Asian and the Pacific: A Gender Lens

https://www2.unwomen.org/-/media/field%20office%20eseasia/docs/publications/2020/04/ap_first_100%20days_covid-19.pdf

This document provides a rapid and preliminary review of the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic 100 days after the first cases were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). It aims to: • present a snapshot of the gender dimensions of the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic in the Asia-Pacific region; • capture promising practices for integrating gender in preparedness and response planning; and • propose lessons learned and strategic entry points to mitigate the socio-economic impacts for women and girls

#gender #gender analysis #asia #asia-pacific #covid-19

over 6 years ago

FRIDA - E-newsletter: Holding space for joy 🌱

https://mailchi.mp/youngfeministfund/holding-space-for-joy

At FRIDA we wholeheartedly believe we deserve to hold space for joy. We deserve to hold space for laughter, restoration, healing and celebration of our triumphs amid crisis.

#covid-19 #gender #funding #community response #frida

over 6 years ago

Weekly read: COVID-19 research from around the world

https://www.idrc.ca/en/news/weekly-read-covid-19-research-around-world

A weekly digest of annotated online literature to inform the Centre’s own response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and could be of interest to international development researchers and practitioners.

#resources #covid-19 #africa #asia #latin america #middle east #north africa #reading list

over 6 years ago

The global pandemic has spawned new forms of activism – and they’re flourishing

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/20/the-global-pandemic-has-spawned-new-forms-of-activism-and-theyre-flourishing

The near cessation of street protests does not mean that people power has dissipated. We have been collecting data on the various methods that people have used to express solidarity or adapted to press for change in the midst of this crisis.

#activism #covid-19

over 6 years ago

COVID-19 can augment violence to Mexican women

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/04/13/covid-19-can-augment-violence-to-mexican-women

#domestic violence #mexico #social distancing #covid-19 #lockdown #south america

over 6 years ago

Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/in-focus-gender-equality-in-covid-19-response

#humanitarian action #women in healthcare #women's health #covid-19 #healthcare #gender #pandemics

over 6 years ago

COVID-19: Turning Swords into Ventilators? Or is it Ventilators into Swords?

https://www.wilpf.org/covid-19-turning-swords-into-ventilators-or-is-it-ventilators-into-swords/

When soldiers are deployed to do civilian public health and disaster relief work, are they serving to de-militarize their state’s military? OR is the deployment of soldiers to perform civilian health and relief work, further entrenching the legitimacy of the state’s military?

#covid-19 #healthcare #war and conflict #militarism #gender #military #army #peace and security

over 6 years ago

UNIN Quarterly Innovation Update - COVID-19 Special Edition.pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1andWztlz4o2qBtC8gGuMUEsL6pB1LSCP/view

The United Nations Innovation Network has released a Special Update which highlights how 30 UN entities are leveraging innovative approaches to respond to COVID-19.

#covid-19 #data #initiatives #entrepreneurship #technology #resources #children

over 6 years ago

Informal workers on the frontlines of COVID-19: Providing critical services without adequate protections and pay | WIEGO

https://www.wiego.org/blog/informal-workers-frontlines-covid-19-providing-critical-services-without-adequate-protections

In the global South, many of these workers – such as street and market vendors, newspaper sellers, waste pickers and domestic workers – work in the informal economy. Now, without legal and social protections, they are working to sustain their families and ensure their communities have the food and basic services they need to survive – all at great personal risk.

#informal economy #covid-19 #poverty #policy #south america

over 6 years ago

ICAN’s Statement on our Gender- and Conflict-Sensitive Response to COVID-19 - ICAN

https://icanpeacework.org/2020/04/15/icans-statement-on-our-gender-and-conflict-sensitive-response-to-covid-19/

The expertise that women peacebuilders have in allaying fears, building community, fostering social cohesion and gender sensitivity, dealing with the racism and hatred that is already spiking, and highlighting the risk of police brutality is and will continue to be profoundly important.

#women peacebuilders #statement #covid-19 #gender #war and conflict

over 6 years ago

Guidelines for Protecting the Rights of Women and Girls During the COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.womenslinkworldwide.org/en/files/3112/guide-for-protecting-women-s-and-girls-rights-during-covid-19-pandemic.pdf

This document can be used as a roadmap for national and local government authorities to better understand the human rights obligations they must fulfill as regards women and girls’ rights during the pandemic, in accordance with the different human rights treaties their countries have ratified.

#amnesty international #women's link worldwide #policy #gender #women's rights #infectious diseases #covid-19

over 6 years ago

COVID-19 – Crisis upon Crisis in Africa: An Ecofeminist Perspective

https://womin.org.za/covid-19-%E2%80%93-crisis-upon-crisis-in-africa-an-ecofeminist-perspective.html

The seed of most new infectious diseases lies in the rapid expansion of the extractives sector- mainly logging and industrial plantation style mono-cropping (such as palm oil and cocoa) and livestock production, and more recently the mining sector.

#environment #environmental activism #ecofeminism #africa #covid-19 #gender #resource extraction #mining #natural resources #industrial plantations #logging #livestock production #palm oil #cocoa #ebola #infectious diseases #pollution #extractivism

over 6 years ago

What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have In Common? Women Leaders

https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2020/04/13/what-do-countries-with-the-best-coronavirus-reponses-have-in-common-women-leaders/

There have been years of research timidly suggesting that women’s leadership styles might be different and beneficial.

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

over 6 years ago