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Women at the core of the fight against COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is harming health, social and economic well-being worldwide, with women at the centre. First and foremost, women are leading the health response: women make up almost 70% of the health care workforce, exposing them to a greater risk of infection. At the same time, women are also shouldering much of the burden at home, given school and child care facility closures and longstanding gender inequalities in unpaid work. Women also face high risks of job and income loss, and face increased risks of violence, exploitation, abuse or harassment during times of crisis and quarantine.
Policy responses must be immediate, and they must account for women’s concerns. Governments should consider adopting emergency measures to help parents manage work and caring responsibilities, reinforcing and extending income support measures, expanding support for small businesses and the self-employed, and improving measure to help women victims of violence. Fundamentally, all policy responses to the crisis must embed a gender lens and account for women’s unique needs, responsibilities and perspectives.
INTRODUCTION;
WOMEN, CARE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND COVID-19:
- Women's caring resposibilities outside the home;
- Women's caring responsibilities at home;
WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT, INCOME, AND COVID-19:
- Women employees and the risks to women's jobs;
- Self-employed women and the risks to women-led business;
- Women´s incomes and the increased risk of female poverty;
- COVID-19 and women in developing countries;
WOMEN, CONFINEMENT, AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE;
POLICY CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS:
- Support for women, workers and families with caring responsibilities;
- Support for women, workers and families facing job loss;
- Support for entrepreneurs and small-business owners;
- Support for victims of gender-based violence and access to justice;
- GEnder impact assessments, gender budgeting and mainstreaming gender in (emergency) policy responses;
- Implications for women and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Formato: PDF
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The COVID-19 pandemic is harming health, social and economic well-being worldwide, with women at the centre. First and foremost, women are leading the health response: women make up almost 70% of the health care workforce, exposing them to a greater risk of infection. At the same time, women are also shouldering much of the burden at home, given school and child care facility closures and longstanding gender inequalities in unpaid work. Women also face high risks of job and income loss, and face increased risks of violence, exploitation, abuse or harassment during times of crisis and quarantine.
Policy responses must be immediate, and they must account for women’s concerns. Governments should consider adopting emergency measures to help parents manage work and caring responsibilities, reinforcing and extending income support measures, expanding support for small businesses and the self-employed, and improving measure to help women victims of violence. Fundamentally, all policy responses to the crisis must embed a gender lens and account for women’s unique needs, responsibilities and perspectives.
INTRODUCTION;
WOMEN, CARE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND COVID-19:
- Women's caring resposibilities outside the home;
- Women's caring responsibilities at home;
WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT, INCOME, AND COVID-19:
- Women employees and the risks to women's jobs;
- Self-employed women and the risks to women-led business;
- Women´s incomes and the increased risk of female poverty;
- COVID-19 and women in developing countries;
WOMEN, CONFINEMENT, AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE;
POLICY CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS:
- Support for women, workers and families with caring responsibilities;
- Support for women, workers and families facing job loss;
- Support for entrepreneurs and small-business owners;
- Support for victims of gender-based violence and access to justice;
- GEnder impact assessments, gender budgeting and mainstreaming gender in (emergency) policy responses;
- Implications for women and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Formato: PDF
- Número de páginas: 30
- Tamaño: 1.541 Kb.
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