Rivera, Carolina and Hsu, Yu-Chieh and Esbry, Fernanda Pavez and Dugarova, Esuna (2020) Gender inequality and the covid-19 crisis: A Human development perspective. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York.
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The COVID-19 crisis is a systemic human development crisis, compounding risks to progress towards gender equality. The pandemic and its consequences hit a world wealthier than ever but facing deep divides in human development. Some of the consequences of COVID-19 have had a greater impact on some countries and groups within countries, as pre-existing horizontal inequalities can magnify the effects of the crisis. Across several social, economic, and political dimensions, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the crisis simply because of their sex. The immediate effects of COVID-19 on gender inequality are already showing themselves in health and education, on the burden of unpaid care work and gender-based violence. While the COVID-19 crisis affects everyone, women and girls face specific and often disproportionate economic, health, and social risks due to deeply entrenched inequalities, social norms, and unequal power relations. Understanding the gender-differentiated impacts of the COVID-19 crisis through sex-disaggregated data is fundamental to designing policy responses that reduce vulnerable conditions and strengthen women's agency, placing gender equality at their centre. This is not just about rectifying long-standing inequalities but also about building a more just and resilient world.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Gender, Inequality, Covid, Human Development, Discrimination, Health, Education, Policy, Vulnerability, UNDP |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2021 07:10 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2021 07:11 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/5951 |
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