Healthcare workers

Which organizations or people facilitate the group?

• Women in Global Health
• Global Health Workforce Network’s Gender Equity Hub
• Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
• John Hopkins University
• Gavi
• Last Mile Health
• Wemos
• University of the Western Cape
• BC Women’s Health Foundation
• Sangath India
• Center for Global Development
• Newcastle University
• The University of Warwick
• Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy (IWWAGE)
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Birk Beck University of London
• The University of Manchester
• The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• University of Virginia
• Medzinischen Universität Wien

What is the aim of your group? 

In collaboration with the World Health Organization’s Gender Equity Hub, the sub-group focuses on healthcare workers, COVID-19, and issues of equity. In most countries, women are the majority of patient-facing frontline health workers (globally 70% of health workers are women, 90% of nurses are women, and in many contexts, the majority of community health workers). Furthermore, this sub-group will take an intersectional approach to understand health worker experiences during COVID-19. In many contexts, there are significant differences in the ethnic, racial, caste, etc composition of the health workforce, with underrepresented social groups clustered into lower status sectors in health (community health workers/nursing aides rather than senior physicians and surgeons). This sub-group will look into research insights as to how COVID-19 has impacted women, healthcare workers, in terms of:

• Infection rates
• Unpaid work
• Equity and structural and workplace discrimination
• Global social justice issues related to health worker migration

What have you got planned for the next year or so? 

We held a webinar in January 2021 on the gendered dimensions of the health and social care workforce during COVID-19.

• We will write a research synthesis paper on healthworker infection through an intersectional lens.
  We are drafting a policy brief on Canada’s global role in health workforce planning and equity.

Contact names and emails

Margaret Walton-Roberts mwaltonroberts@wlu.ca
Roopa Dhatt Roopa.Dhatt@womeningh.org
Bismah Nayyer bismah.nayyer@womeningh.org

Resources

Managing health workforce migration – The Global Code of Practice

Global strategy on Human Resources for Health

Momentum for community health workers at the Seventy-second World Health Assembly

“Working for Health”: A Five-Year Action Plan for Health Employment and Inclusive Economic Growth (2017–21)

Global Nurse Migration Pathways

2021 designated as the International Year of Health and Care Workers

Health workforce policy and management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response

Delivered by Women, Led by Men: A Gender and Equity Analysis of the Global Health and Social Workforce

COVID-19 and Global Human Health Resources

Child, Early and Forced Marriage

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Sushmita Mukherjee and Bahie Mary Rassekh

What is the aim of your group?
Child, early and forced marriage prevents millions of young people–disproportionately women and girls–from fully developing their capacities and living free from violence. Despite global declines in recent decades, it is estimated that 12 million girls under the age of 18 are married each year, or 23 girls every minute, and that 650 million women and girls alive today were married as children.

We are a learning community composed of a growing number of people interested in CEFM prevention. We share knowledge on the subject, exchange experiences and expertise, and learn together about effective prevention and other strategies and interventions with a range of scopes and levels of complexity. There is great power in thousands of efforts by a growing number of people bound together with a common purpose.

What have you got planned for the next year or so?

We host monthly webinars featuring presentations by practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and those who have been affected by CEFM. The group provides a platform for knowledge and resource sharing, collaboration and learning about CEFM. We may create working groups to carry forward conversations on different facets of CEFM prevention. In addition, relevant events and learning opportunities are shared within the group.

Webinar Series

The other victim of the COVID 19 pandemic

Women-led grassroots organization promoting girls’ education, empowerment, and CEFM prevention

Empowering the existing structures in ending child marriage amidst COVID-19 

A Conversation on the Economic Impacts of Child, Early and Forced Marriage with Dr. Quentin Wodon, Lead Economist, The World Bank

Contact name(s) and email(s):

Sushmita Mukherjee: mukherjee.susmita2000@gmail.com; smukherjee@pciglobal.org
Bahie Mary Rassekh: bahiemary@gmail.com; bmrassekh@worldbank.org

Sub-group members (name, institution, country):

• Shoumeli Das, UNICEF Maharashtra, India
• Margaret E. Greene, GreeneWorks
• Tarnjeet Kaur Kang, South Sudan
• Rachel Kidman, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine
• Eliane Lakam, Independent Consultant
• Carmen Logie, University of Toronto
• Sushmita Mukherjee, Project Concern International, India
• Anne Ngunjiri, LVCT Health, Kenya
• Bahie Mary Rassekh, The World Bank Group
• Chandrika Singh, UNICEF Maharashtra, India

Resources:

• Early marriages in the city on the rise. (2020, July 13). Switch TV News, Kenya.
• Greene, M. (2014). Ending Child Marriage in a Generation: What Research is Needed? Ford Foundation. https://www.fordfoundation.org/media/1890/endingchildmarriage.pdf
• Hanmer, L., & Elefante, M. (2016). The Role of Identification in Ending Child Marriage:Identification for Development (ID4D). World Bank Group. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/25184/The0role0of0id00Development00ID4D00.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
• Jain, S. & Kurz, K. (2007). New Insights on Preventing Child Marriage: A Global Analysis on Factors and Programs. International Center for Research on Women. http://lastradainternational.org/lsidocs/icrw_child_marriage_0607.pdf
• Kidman, R. (2017). Child marriage and intimate partner violence: a comparative study of 34 countries. International Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw225
• Palermo, T., Jones, N., Yates, R., & Maksud, N. (2020, July 30). Social Protection and Child Marriage: Evidence, Practice and Opportunities Webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdYruiQyfS0
• Prakash, R., Beattie, T. S., Javalkar, P., Bhattacharjee, P., Ramanaik, S., Thalinja, R., … Isac, S. (2019). The Samata intervention to increase secondary school completion and reduce child marriage among adolescent girls: results from a cluster-randomised control trial in India. Journal of Global Health, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.010430
• Research on Women. (2017). Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: Global Synthesis Report. https://www.icrw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EICM-Global-Conference-Edition-June-27-FINAL.pdf
• Sieverding, M., Krafft, C., Berri, N., & Keo, C. (2020). Persistence and Change in Marriage Practices among Syrian Refugees in Jordan. Studies in Family Planning, 51(3), 225–249. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12134
• Erin Murphy-Graham, Alison K. Cohen, and Diana Pacheco Montoya. School Dropout, Child Marriage, and Early Pregnancy among Adolescent Girls in Rural Honduras. Comparative Education Review, vol. 64, no. 4. November 2020.
• Walker, J. (n.d.). Why Ending Child Marriage Needs to Be an Education Goal The Case for Improved Coordination between Ending Child Marriage and Girls’ Education Movements in West Africa. Center for Universal Education. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/walker_girls_education.pdf
• Wright, Y. (2020, July 27). School closures put girls at risk of early marriage. Save the Children International. https://www.savethechildren.net/blog/school-closures-put-girls-risk-early-marriage.

• Malhotra J and Elnakib S (2021) 20 Years of the Evidence Base on What Works to Prevent Child Marriage: A Systematic Review, Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 68, Issue 5 

   

Gender-Based Violence

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?

Lara Quarterman, Carmen Sant Fruchtman and Vandana Sharma

What is the aim of your group?

COVID-19 has exposed the global burden of gender-based violence (GBV) around the world, as well as the fragility of the progress made. Data from countries as diverse as Albania, Argentina and Indonesia show that the risks of GBV have increased worldwide, and access to GBV services decreased. Global GBV response, prevention and risk mitigation in the context of COVID-19 will require a multi-sector approach and therefore this working group aims to:

• Improve the collective understanding of how COVID-19 and the measures to reduce its transmission have affected GBV risk, as well as GBV prevention and response related policy, programming and services
• Foster collaboration and exchange ideas and knowledge on approaches to responding to and preventing GBV in the context of COVID among a community of academics, policymakers, and practitioners working to address GBV in the context of COVID-19
• Promote and advocate for survivor-centered and intersectional responses to GBV within the context of COVID-19
• Reinforce that women, girls, and those with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC) are disproportionately affected by GBV
• Amplify the work of our members

What have you got planned for the next year or so?

The Gender-Based Violence Sub Group has work planned in the following four areas:

External communications

A series of blogs, op-eds, and commentaries to highlight research on GBV during COVID-19, best practices on adaptations to prevention and response initiatives, and innovations during the pandemic.

NEW BLOG! A Tale of Two Pandemics: The Experiences of Young Women and Adolescent Girls during COVID-19 in Nairobi, Kenya

Promising Practices and Innovation

Compile and share effective GBV prevention and response policy and programming delivered during COVID-19, including remote delivery, hybrid models, and development of new tools and innovative approaches.

Policy Advocacy

Policy advocacy and influencing in forums with policy makers, development of policy briefs, and engagement with existing platforms and processes.

Research and Evidence

Mapping gaps in evidence, tracking trends and patterns of GBV and responses, and analysis of GBV policy and practice in the context of COVID-19

Contact names and emails:

Lara Quarterman: lquarterman@gmail.com

Carmen Sant Fruchtman: c.santfruchtman@swissph.ch

Vandana Sharma: vsharma@povertyactionlab.org

Health Systems

Which organisations or people facilitate the group? 

• Bernadette Atteghang, Menda Health Systems, African Women 4 Empowerment e.V., Germany
• Lea Happ, Graduate in Gender, Development and Globalisation
• Sarah Simpson, University of New South Wales
• Claire Standley, Georgetown University

What is the aim of your group?
Health systems that are gender-responsive improve health for all—girls, boys, women, men, and gender-diverse persons. However, even at their best, health systems have been gender-blind, particularly during pandemics. Initial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as reporting of COVID-19 data in the media have not been informed by sound gender analysis. Failure to account for gender in the health system response to COVID-19 ultimately perpetuates and exacerbates gender inequities. 

The group aims to: 

• Challenge perceptions that gender-responsive health systems action cannot be done in the short-term;
• Shift the discussion from who is most affected (e.g. women or men) to how to ensure gender-responsive action; and 
• Identify ways to address the different and specific needs of women, men and gender-diverse persons during COVID-19 pandemic.

What have you got planned for the next year or so? 

To undertake work that builds on existing research on gender responsive health systems, such as the 2019 Lancet Gender Equality, Norms and Health series, while focusing on gaps in current analysis. An area of interest is how gender shapes, and is impacted by, the implementation of One Health approaches in health systems.  

Contact name(s) and email(s)
Bernadette Atteghang: director@aw4e.org, ateghang@gmail.com
Lea Happ: leakristinhapp@gmail.com
Sarah Simpson: sarah.simpson@equiact.net
Claire Standley: claire.standley@georgetown.edu

Sub-group members (name, institution, country):

• Ahmad Ateeb, Bangladesh
• Bernadette Ateghang, Menda Health Systems, African Women 4 Empowerment e.V., Germany & Cameroon
• Deepshikha Chhetri, India
• Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Spain & Switzerland
• Lea Happ, UK & Germany
• Kate Hawkins, Pamoja Communications Ltd, UK
• Chandani Kharel, Nepal
• Saerom Kim, People’s Health Institute, South Korea
• Eliane Lakam, Independent Consultant
• Michelle Lokot, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
• Masuma Mamdani, UK
• Manasee Mishra
• Rosemary Morgan, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• S Peters, George Institute
• Matt Price, Last Mile Health
• Abha Saxena, Switzerland
• Sarah Simpson, EquiACT; University of New South Wales, France & Australia
• Claire Standley, Georgetown University

Resources:

• Ayele et al. (2009) Investigating the role of poultry in livelihoods and the impact of HPAI in Ethiopia. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.225.1188&rep=rep1&type=pdf  (Note: This research brief is about how poultry farming can contribute to gender equality and thus is important to consider in preventing and mitigating avian influenza spillovers. For example, culling of backyard flocks may disproportionately impact women. However it does not provide a deep gender analysis.)   
• Baum, S. E., Machalaba, C., Daszak, P., Salerno, R. H., & Karesh, W. B. (2017). Evaluating one health: Are we demonstrating effectiveness? One Health, 3, 5–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.10.004  (Note: This paper is included to highlight the gap in applying a gender lens to One Health approaches, especially at the health systems level.)
• Building Back Better. http://www.buildingbackbetter.org/
• Gupta, G. R., Oomman, N., Grown, C., Conn, K., Hawkes, S., Shawar, Y. R., … Darmstadt, G. L. (2019). Gender equality and gender norms: framing the opportunities for health. The Lancet, 393(10190), 2550–2562. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30651-8
• Hay, K., Mcdougal, L., Percival, V., Henry, S., Klugman, J., Wurie, H., … Gupta, G. R. (2019). Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change. The Lancet, 393(10190), 2535–2549. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30648-8
• Heise, L., Greene, M. E., Opper, N., Stavropoulou, M., Harper, C., Nascimento, M., … Gupta, G. R. (2019). Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health. The Lancet, 393(10189), 2440–2454. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30652-x
• Morgan, R., Ayiasi, R. M., Barman, D., Buzuzi, S., Ssemugabo, C., Ezumah, N., … Waldman, L. (2018). Gendered health systems: evidence from low- and middle-income countries. Health Research Policy and Systems, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0338-5
• Morgan, R., George, A., Ssali, S., Hawkins, K., Molyneux, S., & Theobald, S. (2016). How to do (or not to do)… gender analysis in health systems research. Health Policy and Planning, 31(8), 1069–1078. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw037
• Percival, V., Dusabe-Richards, E., Wurie, H., Namakula, J., Ssali, S., & Theobald, S. (2018). Are health systems interventions gender blind? examining health system reconstruction in conflict affected states. Globalization and Health, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0401-6 
• Research in Gender and Ethics (RinGs). (n.d.). Adopting a gender lens in health systems policy: A guide. https://www.ringsgenderresearch.org/resources/adopting-a-gender-lens-in-health-systems-policy-a-guide/
• Research in Gender and Ethics: Building Stronger Health Systems (RinGs). https://www.ringsgenderresearch.org/
• Schelling, E., Wyss, K., Béchir, M., Moto, D. D., & Zinsstag, J. (2005). Synergy between public health and veterinary services to deliver human and animal health interventions in rural low income settings. Bmj, 331(7527), 1264–1267. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1264 (Note: This paper provides an example of where veterinary health services delivered vaccination for women and children in a remote area from a gender-sensitive perspective.)
• The Lancet. (2019). Gender Equality, Norms, and Health. https://www.thelancet.com/series/gender-equality-norms-health.
• Theobald, S., Morgan, R., Hawkins, K., Ssali, S., George, A., & Molyneux, S. (2017). The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening. Health Policy and Planning, 32(suppl_5), v1–v3. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx163
• Waldman, L., Theobald, S., & Morgan, R. (2018). Key Considerations for Accountability and Gender in Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. IDS Bulletin, 49(2). https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2018.137
• Witter, S., Govender, V., Ravindran, T. S., & Yates, R. (2017). Minding the gaps: health financing, universal health coverage and gender. Health Policy and Planning, 32(suppl_5), v4–v12. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx063
• Witter, S., Namakula, J., Wurie, H., Chirwa, Y., So, S., Vong, S., … Theobald, S. (2017). The gendered health workforce: mixed methods analysis from four fragile and post-conflict contexts. Health Policy and Planning, 32(suppl_5), v52–v62. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx102

Humanitarian Emergencies

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Yara Asi: yara.asi@ucf.edu
Emilomo Ogbe: emilomoogbe@aise-consulting.com
Ateeb Ahmad Parray: ahmad.ateeb101@gmail.com

What is the aim of your group? 

• Highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on marginalized populations in humanitarian emergencies, especially women and children. 
• Use an intersectional lens to explore the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in different humanitarian contexts. 
• Develop evidence-based advocacy strategies to support marginalized populations. 
• Create an opportunity for humanitarian scholars to share knowledge and encourage collaborative efforts.

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
Coalescing a group of like-minded scholars to collaborate on outputs including but not limited to commentaries, blog posts, journal articles, op-eds, and infographics. 

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Yara Asi: yara.asi@ucf.edu
Emilomo Ogbe: emilomoogbe@aise-consulting.com
Ateeb Ahmad Parray: ahmad.ateeb101@gmail.com

Leadership 

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Vicha Annisa Adri, Independent Researcher
Sara Dada, Women in Global Health, USA
Roopa Dhatt, Women in Global Health, USA
Ann Keeling, Women in Global Health, UK
Dinah Lakehal, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, USA
Nikou Salamat, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, Canada
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Women in Global Health

What is the aim of your group?
Women and girls are differentially and disproportionately impacted by crises, including health emergencies, armed conflict, and climate disasters. Despite their relative social and economic disadvantage, history shows that they are resilient and have the potential to make transformative change at the household, community, national, and international levels.

While women comprise the majority of the health workforce (70 percent), they occupy less than 25 percent of senior leadership roles. In the COVID-19 pandemic response, women’s representation in decision-making and leadership is even more restricted. For example, 85 percent of the COVID-19 task forces globally are majority-male, with less than five percent achieving gender parity.

The entire society loses out when we do not utilize the entire talent pool, including women—particularly those from underrepresented and marginalized populations. To tackle challenges that threaten the progress toward good health and well-being, gender equality, and other Sustainable Development Goals, we advocate for inclusive decision-making by:

• Disseminating knowledge and fostering collaborative research projects on women’s leadership and COVID-19;
• Providing expertise to on-going research initiatives, particularly on the frontlines of the pandemic; and
• Facilitating a transparent, transformative, and supportive learning platform for knowledge sharing.

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
Webinars, blogs, op-eds, media outreach, policy briefs, reports, and qualitative working papers.

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Vicha Annisa: vannisaa@gwmail.gwu.edu
Sara Dada: saradada@bellsouth.net
Roopa Dhatt: Roopa.Dhatt@womeningh.org
Ann Keeling: Ann.Keeling@womeningh.org
Dinah Lakehal: dinah@gnwp.org
Nikou Salamat: nikou@gnwp.org

Sub-group members (name, institution, country):

• Alejandra Bernardo Andrés, NORCAP, Spain
• Bernadette Ateghang, African Women 4 Empowerment, Germany
• Chandani Kharel, HERD International, Nepal
• Arush Lal, Women in Global Health, USA/UK
• Mehr Manzoor, Tulane University, USA/Pakistan
• Nuzulul Putri, University of Airlangga, Indonesia
• Alexandra Solomon, Independent Consultant, USA
• Aliya Tankibayeva, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan 

Resources:

• CARE & International Rescue Committee. (2020). Global Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19. https://www.care-international.org/files/files/Global_RGA_COVID_RDM_3_31_20_FINAL.pdf.
• CARE. (2020). Where Are The Women? The Conspicuous Absence Of Women In Covid-19 Response Teams And Plans, And Why We Need Them. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/CARE_COVID-19-womens-leadership-report_June-2020.pdf.
• Chatfield, C., Hurley, R., Ladher, N., Loder, E., Richards, M., & Schroter, S. (2020, July 3). Where are the women experts on covid-19? Mostly missing. The BMJ. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/06/25/where-are-the-women-experts-on-covid-19-mostly-missing/. 
• Coscieme, L., Fioramonti, L., Mortensen, L. F., Pickett, K. E., Kubiszewski, I., Lovins, H., … Wilkinson, R. (2020). Women in power: Female leadership and public health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.13.20152397
• Council on Foreign Relations. Women’s Political Leadership. Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/womens-political-leadership. 
• COVID-19 and Women, Peace and Security Database. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. (2020, October 21). https://gnwp.org/resources/covid-19-wps-database/.
• Freizer, S., Azcona, G., Berevoescu, I., & Cookson, T. P. (2020). COVID-19 and women’s leadership: From an effective response to building back better. UN Women. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/06/policy-brief-covid-19-and-womens-leadership
• Gabster, B. P., Daalen, K. V., Dhatt, R., & Barry, M. (2020). Challenges for the female academic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet, 395(10242), 1968–1970. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31412-4
• Mapping Process for Women Leadership & Covid-19: What Has Been Done. (2020). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1eZTSLBg9DrbIaaxqoNaQDNmy5cYenu3Ga8FHJY5rrBk/edit?usp=sharing 
• UN Women, IDLO, UNDP, UNODC, World Bank and The Pathfinders. (2020). Justice for Women Amidst COVID-19. https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/justice-for-women-amidst-covid-19.html

Other:
Members’ current projects:

• Humanitarian operations in Mozambique
• Community Health Workers as Telehealth Facilitators
• Gender parity in COVID-19 task forces
• Governance for global health
• DMPHP on information systems and pandemic preparedness
• Intersectional Feminism Leadership: The barriers of health program planners in mainstreaming the gender issue during COVID-19 in Indonesia
• Database on mapping the impacts of COVID19 on Women Peace Security 
• Words matter: political and gender analysis of speeches made by heads of government during the covid-19 pandemic
• Women at work and in entrepreneurship and their resilience strategies during and after COVID-19

Men 

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Peter Baker, Global Action on Men’s Health
Derek M Griffith, Center for Research on Men’s Health, Vanderbilt University

What is the aim of your group?
To raise and address issues concerning men and COVID-19.

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
We will focus on three main issues:
(a) The problematic nature of much of the male leadership in the pandemic response;
(b) The lack of effective communication with men about the pandemic;
(c) The absence of policies that address the issues for men. 

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Peter Baker: peter.baker@gamh.org
Derek M Griffith: derek.griffith@vanderbilt.edu 

Mental Health

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Vicha Annisa Adri
Madhavi Roy

What is the aim of your group?
Millions of people around the world are being forced into isolation for significant periods of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is, however, still unknown how this pandemic would impact the mental health and social well-being of individuals in the short and long terms. 

Our aim is to understand the adverse mental health impacts of the pandemic. Specifically, we seek to: 

• Exchange ideas and develop collaborative research projects in the field of mental health; 
• Contribute to a publication or presentation about the intersection of mental health, gender, and COVID 19; 
• Gain information about relevant projects or research, and co-create materials to support each other’s findings;
• Share information collected at the community level, and implement projects that contribute to an effective COVID-19 response; 
• Build a learning community to share current research and findings; and
• Focus on maternal mental health amid COVID-19. 

What have you got planned for the next year or so? 

1. Blogs 

• Collaboration with the Wilson Center’s MHI on maternal mental health 
• Blog on maternal suicide in the US 
• Blog on the gendered impact of COVID-19 on mental health
• Blog on The Girl Effect project Hear Her Voice

2. TEDx talk or webinar with Barbara Annis on the gendered impact of COVID-19 and feminist solutions
3. Policy briefs, reports, and qualitative or quantitative working papers 

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Vicha Annisa Adri: vannisaa@gwmail.gwu.edu
Madhavi Roy: madhavi.roy@sangath.in

Sub-group members (name, institution, country):
Vicha Annisa Adri, Independent Researcher
Saloni Atal, University of Cambridge, UK & India
Urvita Bhatia, Sangath, India
Paul Shetler Fast, Mennonite Central Committee, USA
Devika Gupta, Sangath, India
Severe Joseph, Union des Amis Socio Culturels d’Action en Developpement (UNASCAD), Haiti
Naira Kalra, Africa Gender Innovation Lab, World Bank, USA
Lauren Maxwell, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Sushmita Mukherjee, Project Concern International, India
Madhavi Roy, Sangath, India
Aliya Tankibayeva, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan, Almaty
Ellie Taylor, Girl Effect, UK

Resources:

• COVID-19 maternal health and suicide in the United States. Gender and Covid-19. (2020, October 14). https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/webinar/covid-19-maternal-health-and-suicide-in-the-united-states/.
• Mental wellbeing in a time of COVID: The voices of young women around the world. Gender and Covid-19. (2020, October 10). https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/research/mental-wellbeing-covid-voices-young-women-around-the-world/. 
• Sangath. My Wellness & COVID-19 Survey. Sangath Addictions Research Group. https://www.sangathsurveys.com/.

Other:

Members’ current projects:

1. Dual burden of Zika virus and COVID-19 for families with ZIKV-affected children
2. A pan-India COVID-19 mental health survey
3. Women during COVID-19: resilience
4. Hear Her Voice
5. A comparative study of service delivery models that have been adopted by countries in the BIMSTEC region and their effectiveness in reaching vulnerable groups

Public Engagement

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Yara Asi
Pavitra Kotini
Jeannette Wolfe

What is the aim of your group?
As members of the Gender and COVID-19 Working Group and associated sub-groups, we want to ensure that the important work and voices of our membership are heard by a larger audience. To accomplish this, we have developed the Public Engagement Working Group to develop relationships between our members and media outlets, broadcast their work via social media outlets, and serve as a resource for journalists and others looking for subject matter experts related to different aspects of gender and COVID-19. 

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
Our goal is to amplify the work of the broader group by increasing its visibility in the popular press and social media via developing blogs, op-eds, interview opportunities, infographics, and so on. 

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Yara Asi: yara.asi@ucf.edu
Pavitra Kotini: pkotini@gmail.com
Jeannette Wolfe: jeannettewolfe@yahoo.com

Sustainable Development Goals

Which organizations or people facilitate the group?
Eliane Lakam, Baltimore City Continuum of Care
Alexandra Solomon, Independent Consultant
Carol Tyroler, Independent Consultant  

What is the aim of your group?
The Sustainable Development Goals framework has the potential to provide accountability for gender equality in the COVID-19 response and to accelerate progress towards gender equality in the post-pandemic world. As gender intersects with all areas of sustainable development, it is crucial to prioritize gender equality, which is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 5, and to apply an intersectional gender lens to all facets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 

Our goals are to: 

• Examine and raise the visibility of the differential gendered impacts of COVID-19 across various contexts, geographies, and subpopulations within the Sustainable Development Goals framework;
• Provide evidence and recommendations for policies and interventions to ensure that the pandemic does not derail progress towards gender equality; and
• Elevate the voices and needs of marginalized populations—including but not limited to youth, informal workers, migrants, and women and girls in conflict settings—so that no one is left behind. 

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
Our first output will be a collaborative paper that documents and analyzes the gendered impacts of COVID-19 within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. We will collect qualitative data through diverse stakeholder interviews, guided by feminist research methodology. Additionally, we will use interview footage to promote the final output across digital channels and to amplify the voices of our interviewees. 

In the coming months, we plan to highlight the linkages between gender and the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of COVID-19, as well as the importance of the Sustainable Development Goal framework as a roadmap for gender-responsive pandemic recovery. We aim to do this through research, policy briefs, webinars, and social media campaigns

Additionally, we will administer a survey to organizations, academics, and other stakeholders to understand how their gender-related Sustainable Development Goal work has been impacted by the pandemic and how they are pivoting in response. 

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Eliane Lakam: elianelakam@alumni.harvard.edu 
Alexandra Solomon: acsolomon7@gmail.com
Carol Tyroler: cetyroler@gmail.com

Sub-group members (name, institution, country):

• Rasha Ashraf Abdelbadie, University of Dundee, UK
• Alejandra Bernardo Andrés, Independent Consultant, Spain
• Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida, USA
• Deepshikha Chhetri, Independent Researcher and Consultant, India
• Jessica Huang, Harvard University, USA
• Renu Khanna, SAHAJ, India
• Eliane Lakam, Independent Consultant
• Masuma Mamdani, Independent Public Health Consultant, UK
• Rashmi Padhye, SAHAJ, India
• Nilangi Sardeshpande, SAHAJ, India
• Radhika Saxena, SEWA Bharat, India
• Bonita B. Sharma, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
• Alexandra Solomon, Independent Consultant, USA
• Ellie Taylor, Girl Effect, UK
• Carol Tyroler, Independent Consultant, USA

Resources:

• Morgan, R., Dhatt, R., Kharel, C., & Muraya, K. (2020). A patchwork approach to gender equality weakens the SDGs: time for cross-cutting action. Global Health Promotion, 27(3), 3–5. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975920949735 
• UN Women & UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (2019). Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2019. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2019/09/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2019.
• UN Women (2020). Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality? https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/spotlight-on-gender-covid-19-and-the-sdgs-en.pdf?la=en&vs=5013. 
• UN Women. (2018). Turning Promises into Action: Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2018/sdg-report-gender-equality-in-the-2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development-2018-en.pdf?la=en&vs=4332.
• UN Women. (2019). Tackling global challenges to equality and inclusion through the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Spotlight on SDGs 10, 13 and 16. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/23808EGMViennaFin.pdf.
• UN Women. (2020). Gender Equality: Women’s Rights in Review 25 Years after Beijing. https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/gender-equality-womens-rights-in-review-en.pdf?la=en&vs=934. 
• UN Women. (2020). Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2020. https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2020-en.pdf?la=en&vs=127.
• World Economic Forum. (2020). Global Gender Gap Report 2020. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GGGR_2020.pdf.

Work

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Sylvie Armstrong, European University Institute, sylvie.taylor@eui.eu
Dr Andri Georgiadou, Nottingham University Business School & EQUIDY Center, andri.georgiadou@nottingham.ac.uk
Sarah Barnes, Wilson Centre, sarah.barnes@wilsoncenter.org 

What is the aim of your group? 

• To identify ways to address gender and work through research and policymaking in the (post) Covid-19 era.
• To promote efficient use of resources and expertise on the intersection of gender and work

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
We plan to contribute to and participate in the Inclusion when Working from Home (iWFH) platform, an online hub where employees, managers, researchers, and the public can read about good practices for enhancing inclusion when working from home, find relevant research findings, learn about upcoming webinars, and share success stories. Members can submit success stories or good practices through the platform, as well as share training materials, resources, study findings, and research participation links. For more information, please contact Dr Andri Georgiadou (andri.georgiadou@nottingham.ac.uk). 

We aim to produce at least one output (e.g. policy brief and blog) that is easily accessible to research users and to organize one virtual event.

Our research will center around international, intersectional aspects of women’s working experiences during and after Covid-19, raising questions including: 

• How will COVID-19 change expectations around the way that women perform work, both paid and unpaid?
• How will policies ensure that women are supported to perform well in the multitude of roles they play at work and at home?
• How can we ensure that women are prioritized in build back better plans and involved in economic recovery planning?
• How can we best support women doing non-salaried or informal work? 
• How can we better understand and respond to the experiences of women in the higher education sector? 
• What will the lasting effects of COVID-19 be on progress toward gender equality? 

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Sylvie Armstrong, European University Institute, sylvie.taylor@eui.eu
Dr Andri Georgiadou, Nottingham University Business School & EQUIDY Center, andri.georgiadou@nottingham.ac.uk & www.andrigeorgiadou.com
Megan O’Donnell, Center for Global Development, modonnell@cgdev.org   

Resources: 

• The Inclusion when Working from Home (iWFH) platform (link to be circulated soon)

• Members of the groups are working to update the global estimates of the value of women’s contributions to paid and unpaid work, accounting for the impact of COVID-19 on the nature and balance of women’s work. This work will feed into an update to the Lancet commission on Women and Health. A related project involves policy analyses of the potential for the COVID-19 economic recovery responses to be gender transformative, work that is being done with the Women Political Leaders organization.  

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Which organisations or people facilitate the group?
Rachel Fisher Ingraham, Independent Consultant, USA
Karen Joe, Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, Canada

What is the aim of your group?
We aim to highlight both the gendered impacts of water, sanitation and hygiene access during the pandemic and the importance of integrating these considerations into the COVID-19 response.

What have you got planned for the next year or so?
Water, sanitation, and hygiene is a multi-faceted topic that is tied to both gender and the COVID-19 pandemic. In the next year, we intend to explore the various aspects of water, sanitation, and hygiene, including the availability of infrastructure, health impacts, safety, and equitable access. We plan to present our findings through impact notes, policy briefs, and papers.

Contact name(s) and email(s):
Rachel Fisher Ingraham: rfisheringraham@gmail.com
Karen Joe: kjoe@cawst.org

Sub-group members (name, institution, country):

• Linda Witong Abrahm, Soroptimist International, USA
• Bonita B. Sharma, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
• Carmen Logie, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity & Social Justice with Marginalized Populations and Associate Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada
• Eusebius Small, Associate Professor & Roy E. Dulak Professor for Community Practice Research- 2020/2021 and Faculty Affiliate, Center for African American Studies, School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Arlington

Resources

2021: 

Sharma, B.B., Logie, C., Fisher Ingraham, R., & Joe, K. (2021). Gender, COVID-19, and Menstrual Hygiene Management. The Gender and COVID-19 Working Group.

Fisher Ingraham, R., Sharma B.B., & Joe, K. (2021) Menstrual Health During COVID-19: How Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Can Improve Equity. Harvard Medical School Primary Care Review.

Joe, K. and Fisher Ingraham, R. (2021). World Water Day and COVID-19. The Gender and COVID-19 Working Group.

Fisher Ingraham, R. and Joe, K. (2021). Gender, COVID-19 and Water. The Gender and COVID-19 Working Group.

2022:

Rachel Fisher Ingraham & Karen Joe (2022). The impacts of COVID-19 on safe menstrual health and hygiene. Poster presented at: The Colorado WASH Symposium; 2022 March 11; Online.

Aliya Tankibayeva & Rachel Fisher Ingraham (2022). Women and WASH in Central Asia: enhancing access and accessibility, Session VI: Water, Sanitation and Gender. Policy brief presented at: The Silk Road of Knowledge: Science Meets Green Policy, International Online Conference, Feb 24, 2022; Online.

Sharma, Bonita et al., (2022).  Responding to perinatal health and services using an intersectional framework at times of natural disasters: A systematic review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 76.

Sharma, Bonita, Small, Eusebius, et al., (2022). Addressing the Syndemics of HIV, Mental Health, and COVID-19 Using the Health and Human Rights Framework among Youth Living with HIV, in Uganda: an Interpretive Phenomenological Study. J.. Hum. Rights Soc. Work (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-022-00221-4

Sharma, B.B., Small, E., Ingraham, R. & Joe, K.(2022). Access to WASH and Economic Resources Associated with Women’s Family Planning Decision-Making

Oral presentation accepted to be presented at Council for Social Work Education (CSWE) conference- Session: Meeting Healthcare Needs; 2022 November 12; Anaheim, Ca.

Sharma, B.B., Small, E., et al., (2022). The Syndemics of HIV, Mental Health, and Human Rights Concerns During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Oral presentation accepted to be presented at Council for Social Work Education (CSWE) conference – Session: The Syndemics of HIV, Mental Health, and Human Rights Concerns During the COVID-19 Pandemic;  2022 November 12; Anaheim, Ca.