Gender Matrix
The Gender Analysis and COVID-19 Matrix provides a rapid snapshot of the gendered impacts of the outbreak in each country. It aims to document the wide-ranging impacts across multiple domains to illuminate how gender and other inequities impact and are impacted by the response. The next step of the project will analyze if and how COVID-19 policies respond to these impacts.
A gender matrix is an analytical tool used to analyze how people of different genders (men, women, and with non-binary gender identities) experience an event or health challenge. It promotes consideration of how an individual’s experience of the particular issue (horizontal categories) interact with gender-related considerations (vertical categories). Gender analysis matrixes are also used within programs or interventions to explore how gender power relations may affect the ability of an intervention to meet its objective.
We have designed a Gender Analysis and COVID-19 Matrix to reflect on how experiences and responses to the outbreak are structured not just by risk, illness, and health services, but also social, economic, and security factors. Our gender considerations aim to take a multidimensional perspective on gender – recognizing gender interacts with access to resource, the roles we fill in society, what is expected of us, and power dynamics. It includes evidence of the ways in which gender power relations manifest to create inequities and/or differences in experiences.
The Matrix is intersectional. We aim to document how various factors – such as race, ethnicity, and sexuality – interact with gender to structure inequities.
The Matrix is dynamic. Considering the fast-moving nature of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have begun with a rapid gender analysis using the matrix domains to guide our analysis of policy, media, and other documents, which we will update monthly. As we conduct primary research, we will add depth of data and analysis to the Matrix.
Methodology: Building off of other gender matrixes, the team collaboratively developed and refined the COVID-19 and gender domains, developing a codebook to define each of the domain intersections. News and web content were systematically searched for evidence of gender impacts of the outbreak and response, and each impact was then classified by domain and entered into the Matrix.
RISK & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (AUSTRALIA)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- Calls for Australia’s disability carers to get the same coronavirus protections as aged care workers
- Exclusive: The phone call that denied elderly patients access to hospital
Why Melbourne’s public housing towers have ‘explosive potential’ for coronavirus to spread
Homelessness and overcrowding expose us all to coronavirus. - Transgender people have had gender-affirming medical procedures delayed
- LGBT Australians at higher risk of depression, suicide and poor access to health services during coronavirus pandemic
- More transparency needed in PPE supply chains
- Health workers voice PPE woes during COVID
- Concerns about lack of social housing spark homelessness warning
- Federal Government warned about rising risk of homelessness from COVID-19
- Hundreds of people are living homeless in Ballarat amid COVID-19
RISK & LABOUR/ROLES (Australia)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
- Real risk at the frontline’: how Australia’s health workers are getting Covid-19
- Victorian healthcare workers continue to face shortages of PPE as coronavirus cases ramp up
- Victorian nurses ask for urgent PPE as more than 730 health workers sick with Covid-19.
- The impact of PPE shortages on health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Coles supermarket workers worried about switch to non-alcohol hand sanitiser amid coronavirus pandemic
- Risk of infecting others with COVID-19 key concern for healthcare workers
- Coronavirus tests on health workers provide insight into risk for community transmission
- Coronavirus threatens health and jobs of migrant workers in regional communities
- Coronavirus tests on health workers provide insight into risk for community transmission
- Melbourne nurse begged for better protection from coronavirus before her ‘worst fear’ came true
- Healthcare worker sleeping in her garage to avoid family contact
- PPE unmasked: why health-care workers in Australia are inadequately protected against coronavirus
- Taxi drivers and transport workers worried about coronavirus infection risks at work
- Casual workers will increase risk of coronavirus third wave, union claims
- Queensland teachers say COVID-19 social distancing ‘impossible’ in crowded classrooms
- Disability workers face illness risk and uncertainty due to COVID-19, survey finds nurses on the COVID-19 frontline, casual job sector at risk
RISK & NORMS/BELIEFS (Australia)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
- People with a disability are more likely to die from coronavirus
- Coronavirus kills up to twice as many men as women and the reason is in our genes
- Coronavirus obesity: Why Australia should follow Boris Johnson’s health lead
- Research suggests black and minority patients are more likely to die from COVID-19
- Melbourne’s COVID-19 second wave exposes multicultural “data hole”
- Men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than women. Why?
- Research discovers that young men are more likely to believe COVID myths
- Using intersectionality to understand who is most at risk of Covid-19
- Young men are the worst at following social distancing guidelines
- Coronavirus Australia: The rules for pregnancy during COVID-19
- Indigenous Australians at increased risk of Covid-19 due to existing health and socioeconomic inequities
RISK & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Australia)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
- Death sentence for poverty? Why the over-representation of First Nations women prisoners matters during the pandemic
- Coronavirus: Queensland’s sex workers more than pleased to get back on the job
- ‘It’s a Huge Weight’: Australia’s Migrant Workers Left to Survive Without Covid-19 Safety Net
- What does the ‘new normal’ look like for women’s safety in cities?
- Aboriginal health groups fear new coronavirus outbreak as NT Government plans to reopen borders
- Government rubbishes reports migrant communities weren’t included in coronavirus response
- The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak leaves people with disabilities among the most at risk
- People with disabilities refused exercise, healthcare as homes take coronavirus rules too far
- Coronavirus and autism: Social distancing can be challenging
- Six Victorian prisons enter lockdown after prison officer gets COVID-19
- Prison is the ‘perfect breeding ground’ for COVID-19, human rights groups warn
- Coronavirus in Ballarat: PTSD sufferer scared to go outside because of mask issues
- Melbourne’s lockdown fatigue goes all the way to the top
- These Melburnians are leaving the city now that coronavirus lockdown has lifted
- Deputy Chief Medical Officer rejects royal commission criticism of response to coronavirus in aged care
- Australia has one of the world’s highest rates of COVID death in nursing homes, Royal Commission Hears
- Court challenge to Melbourne’s coronavirus curfew dismissed
- Frustration over Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown mounts as business begs for restrictions to be eased
RISK & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Australia)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
- All in this together? The impact of COVID-19 on refugees and people seeking asylum.
- Queensland and New South Wales border communities plead for coronavirus plan as one new case is recorded
- The coronavirus risk Australia is not talking about: testing our unlawful migrant workers
- Government warned of coronavirus ‘missed opportunity’ to protect migrant communities before Victorian spike
- Leaving no-one behind: Ensuring people seeking asylum and refugees are included in COVID-19 strategies
- Covid-19 tragedy in aged care: whose side is the Coalition government on?
- Coronavirus explainer: How does Australia’s aged care system work?
- Why are there are more COVID-19 cases in private aged care than the public sector?
- Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews makes masks mandatory amid coronavirus crisis
- Risk of coronavirus outbreak in jail cited in vulnerable prisoner’s bid for temporary release
- Backpackers could be deported if they break coronavirus restrictions, government warns
- COVID symptoms force inmates at Adelaide Women’s Prison into isolation
- Schools face negligence risk from staying open
- Refugee advocates slam Government for Budget slashing humanitarian intake amid coronavirus
- Indigenous health groups left in the dark over COVID-19 plan for Melbourne workers in Tennant Creek
ILLNESS & LABOUR/ROLES (Australia)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
- No paid pandemic leave for healthcare workers forces some to come to work sick
- Melbourne nurse contracts coronavirus in Epping Hospital ward
- Queensland childcare centre worker tests positive to COVID-19
- Pay casuals COVID leave to stay home, say unions
- Some Australians with a disability left without face-to-face care during coronavirus crisis
- Most coronavirus healthcare worker infections among aged care, nurses in Victoria’s second wave
- About ’70 to 80pc’ of Victorian healthcare workers with COVID-19 caught it at work
- Victorian coronavirus infections in healthcare workers nears 1,000 as COVID-19 cases rise
- A quarter of workers don’t have sick leave for isolation
- YMCA Helensvale childcare service employee tests positive for coronavirus
- Australian doctors, nurses and aged care workers tell us how they’re dealing with COVID-19
ILLNESS & NORMS / BELIEFS (Australia)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
- Our fear of coronavirus could be ‘far more contagious than the disease itself’
- Coronavirus while pregnant or giving birth: here’s what you need to know
- COVID-19 and expectant mothers: ‘Assume this is dangerous to her and her child’
- Aboriginal Territorians are ‘significantly represented’ in disease outbreaks, but not coronavirus
- Coronavirus Victoria: How COVID-19 stigma is turning Victorians away from testing
- Social stigma in the time of Coronavirus
- Queensland’s coronavirus controversy: past pandemics show us public shaming could harm public health
- Cancer screening, heart attack and stroke presentations down in Victoria during coronavirus pandemic
- Migrants and refugees fear coronavirus more than other Australians, survey finds
- Doctors urged to fight stigma and seek mental health support
- Vic lockdown hasn’t increased suicides
- Growing number of Australians reject COVID vaccination
- Young women most reluctant to get COVID-19 jab, study finds Existing conditions, fear of treatment
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Australia)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
- Victim ‘gutted’ after violent ex-partner released on parole because of coronavirus.
- Overweight people at greater risk from coronavirus, heightened by COVID-19 links to respiratory illness
- Asylum seekers plead to be released from detention centres amid coronavirus fears
- The group of migrants in Australia likely to be most impacted by corona virus
- Pressure mounts for release of low-risk inmates due to coronavirus in Victorian prisons
- Queensland prisons in lockdown after COVID-19 case at training academy
- She died alone’: Daughter’s plea for empathy as COVID-19 patients face their final hours
- Woman dies after carer tests positive for coronavirus
- COVID-19 will more severely affect people with vulnerabilities
- Indigenous leaders warn ‘if coronavirus gets into our communities, we are gone’
- This nursing home resident was ready for a COVID-19 vaccination, but it never arrived
ILLNESS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Australia)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups”
- Government coronavirus plan did not include people living with disability, royal commission told
- Wrapping the latest COVID-19 news, amid growing push for transparency, action and equity
- Coronavirus Victoria: Aged care in COVID-19 crisis – who is responsible?
- Positive coronavirus tests in aged care residents close two more nursing homes in Melbourne
- Families call for virus-hit nursing home to be shut down
- Tough new measures to prevent coronavirus outbreaks in Queensland aged care
- Aged care homes in much of SEQ banned from receiving personal visitors
- Aged care visitor guidelines balance residents’ rights and coronavirus risk – but may be hard to implement
- Coronavirus and pregnancy: Victoria Government clarifies rules around maternity visitors
- Government must enable pregnant women to access extended & flexible parental leave provisions during this crisis
- Policy brief: Women’s mental health in the context of COVID 19 and recommendations for action
- At-Risk Aboriginal Women and Children Forgotten in Crisis
- Double-lung recipient misses critical check-up because of Queensland border closure
- Prisoners riot at Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre as food and medicine delayed during stage 4 coronavirus lockdown
- Lost in translation: Covid-19 leaves migrants behind
- Morrison government cuts refugee places by thousands
HEALTH SYTEMS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Australia)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
- COVID hurting abortion access nationwide
- Telehealth restrictions ‘jeopardise sexual and reproductive health’
- Pregnant women maxing out credit cards, withdrawing super to homebirth during COVID-19
- ‘Keep myself, my baby safe’: Home birth inquiries surge amid COVID-19 crisis
- Victorian elective surgeries suspended as coronavirus cases grow by 384 with six more deaths
- Coronavirus crisis: Elective surgery cancelled, visitors limited as cases rise by 26
- Face masks are in hot demand, but suppliers say we aren’t running out yet
- Another 97,000 test kits on the way as testing concerns mount
- Shouting and kicking’: Hospitals reveal new source of COVID spread
- One in five doctors and nurses has limited access to face masks
- Victorian coronavirus healthcare workers not getting best PPE or more N95 masks amid shortage fears
- $100 million for aged care coronavirus support
- PPE Shortages Aged Care’s Number One Concern
- ‘Unforgivable’: Only 6 per cent of disability residents have received vaccines so far
HEALTH SYTEMS & LABOUR/ROLES (Australia)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
- COVID-19: a chance to embed kindness in our health care
- COVID-19: The five coming challenges for our hospitals
- Covid-19: Implications for the Australian healthcare workforce
- Coronavirus Victoria: More than 700 Frankston Hospital staff in isolation
- Tasmanian hospitals caught in coronavirus storm
- Nurses and other healthcare workers open up about ‘terror’ of catching coronavirus
- Behind the masks of the women on Australia’s COVID-19 frontline
- Nation’s nurses on the COVID-19 frontline
- Gendered impacts of COVID-19 on the medical research workforce
- Why does Covid-19 kill more men than women? Researchers grapple with gender mystery
- Sex and gender differences in medical research impact patients and the economy
- New data reveals extent of mental health impact on healthcare professionals across the country
- Coronavirus challenges the mental health of workers
HEALTH SYSTEMS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Australia)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
- Victoria’s ‘disposable people’: Aged care residents with COVID-19 turned away from hospital
- Who gets the ventilator in the coronavirus pandemic? These are the ethical approaches to allocating medical care
- Experts call for health overhaul to fight ‘ongoing pandemic of racism’
- Hospitals deal with racism as coronavirus fears spread
- Aged care residents with coronavirus turned away from hospital, provider says
- Is our health system looking after Indigenous people with disability?
- Study to investigate links between COVID-19-related racism and healthcare in regional areas
- Experts warn ‘racism will cost lives’ during coronavirus response
- We couldn’t believe it’: Woman bleeds to death in NSW hospital with no doctors on site
- The impact of COVID-19 on people living with breast cancer Ageism and prioritisation of care, racism in health sector
HEALTH SYSTEMS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Australia)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
- Elderly patients and carers say age discrimination in NSW hospitals is real and heartbreaking
- Victorian health officials access coronavirus patient’s COVIDSafe app data for first time
- Racism in the health system: when will we address it?
- Indigenous Doctors warn that racism will cost lives
- Coronavirus: Melbourne health workers of ‘Asian appearance’ report racial abuse
- Queensland Health denies receiving request to help pregnant Ballina woman
- Queensland hospital rejects entry to NSW mother of sick newborn over coronavirus quarantine
- The shift to virtual care in response to Covid-19
- Calls to separate coronavirus patients to slash infection rates
- Four-year-old boy is denied treatment due to coronavirus red tape
- NSW, Qld trade barbs over ‘astonishing’ hospital restrictions
- Brett Sutton forced to clarify rules for births at Victorian hospitals after coronavirus confusion
- Women forced to choose between birth coach and partner amid coronavirus
- Tasmania Health Service offers ‘sincere apology’ to woman who waited six days for COVID results
- Victoria’s Chief Health Officer hints at further easing of rules as state records no new cases
- WA considering travel bubble, Chief Health Officer reveals
HEALTH SYSTEMS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Australia)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
- Coronavirus pandemic won’t fix women’s pay in health
- Victoria’s hospitals will hit capacity within weeks if coronavirus numbers don’t ease, emergency doctor warns
- Freeing up public hospitals to cope with Covid-19
- COVID-19 is opening up fault lines in the health care system
- Bringing a disability lens to the COVID-19 health policy response
- Statement of concern: The response to the COVID-19 pandemic for people with disability
- Coronavirus has placed huge demands on hospitals, but it has also cost nurses their jobs
- Foreign aged care workers struggling against coronavirus travel restrictions to return to Australia
- Coronavirus Australia: Labor wants visa changes to allow overseas nurses to work in hospitals
- Coronavirus pandemic leads to more at-home cancer treatments
- COVID-19 disrupting clinical trials, changing ‘essential’ cancer treatments
- More than 150 hospital staff in isolation but Victoria refuses to reveal details about Covid-19 in health institutions
- Jenny Morrison urges Australian women to get cancer check in Women’s Health Week video
- Health staff want automatic WorkCover rights, as new mask concerns emerge
- ‘Great joy’ as indoor visits resume at Brockton-area nursing homes after months of COVID restrictions
- COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Australians living with disability needs clarity, experts say
- ‘This is not a race’: Queensland defends slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout
SOCIAL IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Australia)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
- Housing crisis deepens for women in regional Queensland
- Coronavirus with a baby: what you need to know to prepare and respond
- Homelessness and Covid-19 – CSI response
- Coronavirus – safe and secure housing is needed for women at risk
- Coronavirus opens up Australia’s digital divide, with many school students left behind
- Pandemic shows up digital divide
- Coronavirus reveals a digital divide and exacerbates inequality for young people
- One in four Tasmanians experienced food shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Family meals during the pandemic: The good, the bad and the struggle
- Coronavirus crisis sees a volunteer army of thousands offer help to healthcare workers and the elderly
- Covid-19: How a Facebook campaign to help single mums snowballed into a larger community response
- Volunteer groups get cracking in face of Covid challenge
- Coronavirus Australia: Mass caravan park closures shatter nomads’ dreams
- Coronavirus Australia: Queensland national parks closed after social distancing flouted
- There are fears coronavirus is stopping Australia’s migrant women from accessing abortions
- COVID-19 to impact Australian refugees without access to welfare
- Foodbank expects more Australians will face food insecurity
- Digital inclusion report warns of COVID impact
- LGBT Australians at higher risk of depression, suicide and poor access to health services during coronavirus pandemic
- Coronavirus Australia: Public school students 2.5 times more likely to be without home internet
SOCIAL IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (Australia)
Examples of impacts on social roles of and social costs born by different genders and groups”
- Coronavirus has prompted both men and women to do more housework — and nobody’s happy about it, new data shows
- Such a relief’: Friends and family can babysit under stay-at-home rules
- New report reveals how Aussie families are adjusting during COVID-19
- Housework & homework in the time of coronavirus
- Gender wars in the time of COVID ( women shouldered even more of the housework, childcare and school work burdenduring lockdown)
- Women shoulder brunt of household work during Covid-19
- Coronavirus presents dilemma for grandparents who help with child care
- Working mothers could benefit from coronavirus home flexibility
- Why the closure of Victorian childcare centres will be especially tough on working mothers
- Mother, wife or boss? The impact of COVID-19 on the modern woman
- Gender (role) bending: How COVID-19 has transformed the Australian family
- COVID-19 could see thousands of women miss out on having kids, creating a demographic disaster for Australia
- Women are getting less research done than men during this coronavirus pandemic (I am also a mom. So, I cook, clean and nurture).
- Pandemic risks wiping out hard-won gains by women in STEM
- Careless budget overlooks reality of many women’s lives
SOCIAL IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Australia)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
- Coronavirus has left Australian women anxious, overworked, insecure — and worse off than men again
- Report reveals racist abuse experienced by Asian Australians during coronavirus pandemic
- Anti-Asian racism surges in NSW during coronavirus pandemic
- Video shows Chinese woman being racially attacked in Melbourne over coronavirus
- COVID-19: ANU study finds loneliness and anxiety is on the rise
- The world’s greatest psychological experiment”: When the loneliness epidemic met the coronavirus pandemic
- The heartbreaking prospect of asking grandparents to stay away
- I’m scared’: parents of children with disability struggle to get the basics during coronavirus
- Parents of children with disability fear the worse as corona virus cuts services
- Coronavirus magnifies concerns of pregnant women
- Young women more stressed than most during COVID-19
- Australians worried about infection and jobs due to COVID-19
- More than eight in 10 Asian Australians report discrimination during coronavirus pandemic
- Research shows insecure work, age, gender divides in impact of virus
- Social isolation increases male suicide risk says AMHF
- Chinese-Australians ‘experience discrimination’ amid diplomatic tensions and pandemic
- Fears stalks Asian-Australians as racist attacks surge
SOCIAL IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Australia)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
- Crowds hit Sydney beaches again, drawing more concerns about coronavirus social distancing
- Women are drinking more during the pandemic, and it’s probably got a lot to do with their mental health
- Study finds women with child caring roles turned to alcohol at higher rates during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Asian-Australian groups report surge in racist abuse, assaults during pandemic
- The toxic spread of Covid-19 racism
- COVID-19 and mental health impacts: Women are at greater risk
- If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness
- Pregnant in a Pandemic: Facing physical distancing, great unknowns & so much more
- Homelessness in the time of coronavirus
- Coronavirus Australia: Almost 400 anti-China attacks since pandemic began
- Fears COVID-19 could have a long-lasting impact on women’s safety
- Australians evicted from their homes despite rent moratorium
- Indigenous artists shift online to survive COVID-19, but are hampered by digital divide
- Most Melburnians were desperate to get out of coronavirus lockdown. But now some have ‘re-entry anxiety’
SOCIAL IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Australia)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
- Domestic violence services prepare for demand as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease
- What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus
- Queensland Reintroduces Tough Restrictions on Gatherings After State Records Nine New Cases of Coronavirus
- Universal childcare a key pillar for Australia’s COVID-19 recession recovery
- Gatherings restricted to two people to slow spread of coronavirus
- Behind the ‘freedom day’ mass protest being planned across Australia
- Melburnians showing signs of lockdown fatigue as cases continue to fall
- Government’s coronavirus response overlooked crucial details about Indigenous population: report
- NSW Supreme Court prohibit transgender rights protest after police challenge
- Coronavirus forces big changes to childcare in Victoria
- Indigenous Victorians being unfairly targeted in COVID-19 policing
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Australia)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- 580,000 women have already accessed early super: ‘No one should be forced to choose between retirement & food on the table’
- Lost jobs and missed opportunities: How young women’s financial security and careers will take a COVID-19 hit
- Women executives demand three-month extension of free childcare
- One in four have experienced food shortages during COVID-19
- Coronavirus Australia: More companies to get JobKeeper from September in $15 billion backflip
- ‘No excuse’ not to extend JobKeeper to temporary migrants, casuals after $60 billion bungle: advocacy groups
- Seeking coronavirus rental relief and been sent an intrusive ‘hardship form’? In the ACT it’s probably legal
- Superannuation withdrawals during COVID-19 leave young women with a not-so-super future
- Government announces coronavirus relief package for higher education with focus on domestic students
- Ladies Who Launch announces grant program: Where women business owners can turn for Covid-19 financial help
- Women are on the frontline in the war against coronavirus — and JobKeeper is failing them
- COVID-19: Renters accessing super, skipping meals to make ends meet
- ACT income and poverty levels remain steady as much of Australia is hit by COVID-19 recession: study
- Premier says coronavirus hardship payments are available, as Victorians continue to work while ill women taking bigger hit wages and superan
- As demand for crisis housing soars, surely we can tap into COVID-19 vacancies
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (Australia)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
- Women bear biggest job losses from coronavirus, latest ABS data shows
- Women’s financial progress hit by early impact of COVID-19
- Covid-19 is not gender neutral (women’s economic vulnerability)
- Gender experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown – Women lose from COVID-19, men to gain from stimulus
- Calls for female-focused budget as women face financial ‘gender disaster’
- The initial employment impact of the covid-19 pandemic on Australia’s science workforce
- Pink-collar recession’: how the Covid-19 crisis could set back a generation of women
- Australia’s corona virus response will not help women back into work
- ‘Waiting for Centrelink to call’: 15 women on how their finances have changed since COVID-19
- Pink-collar recession: Data reveals women have borne brunt of pandemic
- Gendered impacts of COVID-19 (impacts on female labour force)
- Please help us’: Call to support women hit by economic fallout of pandemic
- Female job losses mount in many female dominated industries
- COVID-19 and the Australian workforce
- COVID-19 and Women’s Economic Participation
- Covid-19 is not only a health crisis, it’s a migration crisis (reliance on migrants workers)
- Covid’s Toll on Women – Why Australia Needs a Gender Impact Statement ( negative economic impacts on women)
- Pandemic ‘risks reversing’ Australia’s research gender equity gains – academic careers
- How will the coronavirus affect women at retirement?
- Male workers facing ‘tsunami’ of unemployment after women initially worst impacted by recession
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Australia)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
- Pandemic’s economic blow hits women hard
- Job security fears ignite among South Australian sex workers as coronavirus spreads
- Male leaders dominate Australian startup scene, as women-led startups receive little funding
- Sacked pregnant pharmacy assistant loses unfair dismissal
- Queensland sex workers say ongoing coronavirus restrictions leave them in financial limbo
- NAB worker sacked over false coronavirus test
- Insurance won’t cover landlords who cut rent for tenants left jobless in coronavirus pandemic
- Dramatic spike in unfair dismissal claims blamed on coronavirus
- Up to 1.6 million temporary workers face being trapped with no job or welfare
- Why young Australians will pay for COVID-19 stimulus
- Coronavirus pandemic pushes small businesses to brink but billionaire landlord stands firm on rents
- Retrenched workers denied Jobkeeper because bosses won’t put them back on
- Worker claims unfair dismissal after questioning cleaning requirement for JobKeeper
- Early super release providing critical support to women, but widening gender super gap
- COVID-19 benefit payments spent on poker machines as gambling hits record high in Queensland
- Impact of COVID-19 widens gender equity gap
- Men’s jobs, pay hit harder than women’s
- Renters in arrears fear an eviction backlash when government coronavirus protections end
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Australia)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to economic supports and resources
- ‘Double whammy’: JobKeeper policy tripping up women twice
- Coronavirus: Am I eligible for Centrelink’s Jobseeker payment and does my partner’s income affect it?
- The national gender pay gap is now 14.0%
- Homelessness crisis: The problem with JobSeeker payments
- Jobkeeper has failed, and it’s hitting women and young people the hardest
- Visa holders left broke and desperate amid the coronavirus job fallout
- Support for Australian women during COVID-19 and beyond
- Coronavirus Australia: Women’s work a government focus for coronavirus recovery plans.
- Meet the non-residents and casuals who can’t get the coronavirus JobKeeper wage subsidy
- Public health at risk as JobKeeper legislation leaves temporary visa holders with no support
- ‘Barely any jobs for women’: The gender inequality of Morrison’s stimulus packages
- Cheaper childcare: A practical plan to boost female workforce participation
- How the government is turning back the clock for women
- Calls for migrant workers to be included in JobKeeper subsidy amid coronavirus crisis
- Victoria’s COVID-19 roadmap favours men as women bear brunt of job restrictions, analysis shows
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Work in Victoria – Emergency policies haven’t delivered enough
- The consequences of measures taken to address the health and economic crisis (key stats)
- Women were hit hardest by coronavirus job losses and now they’re ‘left out’ of the budget
- JobKeeper expiry date a ‘grave concern’ if restrictions still in place, live entertainment sector says
- Government’s decision to slash support for people seeking asylum will deepen worsening crisis, say refugee organisations
- Payne defends budget measures as gender neutral
- Our Minister for Women is missing on how the COVID-19 crisis is disproportionately impacting women
- Federal budget 2020: A funding fail for women on all fronts
SECURITY IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Australia)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
- Panic buying causing serious problems for some of Australia’s most vulnerable people
- Fears for homeless people in virus crisis
- Illawarra agencies who assist the homeless and those at risk of homelessness already experiencing an increase in demand for their services
- COVID staff fail to apply hunger strikers health protocols used in prisons
- Coronavirus recession risks homelessness on a ‘scale unseen’ before
- Coronavirus shortages leave 3yo without medication as mother appeals to panic buyers
- Coronavirus toilet paper panic buying leaves elderly shopper looking for the basic product
- Schools with vulnerable pupils at front line of virus risk: principal
- Coronavirus Australia: Women’s refuge turns to ‘kindness calls’ to keep tabs on isolated patrons
- Coronavirus has turned MacKillop House from a convent for nuns to a refuge for homeless women in Canberra
- Almost a third of Australians experience food insecurity in 2020
- While most states got thousands of people sleeping rough off the streets during COVID-19, Western Australia wound back its response
SECURITY IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (Australia)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
- Melbourne health workers of ‘Asian appearance’ report racist coronavirus attacks
- NSW healthcare workers struggling to keep families safe from coronavirus
- Healthcare workers make up more than 15 per cent of Victoria’s new coronavirus cases
- Minister slams ‘unacceptable’ abuse of health care workers wearing uniforms in public
- NSW nurses told not wear scrubs outside of hospital due to abuse over coronavirus fears
- Coronavirus fears spark racism towards hospital’s doctors
- Cough on a nurse and you might face jail, health minister warns
- Six prisons in lockdown after guard tests positive
- Migrant workers call for coronavirus support amid fears of ‘crisis situation’
- How refugees and migrant workers are bearing the brunt of COVID-19
- Renewed focus on nurse and midwife safety needed during COVID-19 says ANMF President
- Doctors and nurses already face routine violence and abuse – coronavirus could make this worse racism & abuse of health care workers
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Australia)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
- Experts warn COVID-19 impacts on women’s safety just beginning
- Report reveals ‘shocking’ anti-Asian racism in Australia during coronavirus pandemic
- Australia’s COVID-19 racism again shows ‘migrants are always blamed’ in a crisis
- Chinese students report rise in racist abuse since pandemic
- Woman spat on, abused in Aussie street
- Research shows insecure work, age, gender divides in impact of virus
- Social isolation increases male suicide risk says AMHF
- Fears not enough is being done to protect asylum seekers in Melbourne detention from coronavirus
- Coronavirus lockdown unsafe environment for women in abusive relationships
- Responding to the ‘shadow pandemic’: Practitioner views on the nature of and responses to violence against women in Victoria
- Violence, control and economic abuse during Covid-19
- Anger in Shepparton after one man’s ‘ignorance’ brings virus to town
- Spotless employee says coronavirus hotel quarantine workers also took shifts at Alfred
- Health hospitals VAW, rise in targeted violence
SECURITY IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Australia)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
- Have we given police too much power to enforce coronavirus rules?
- Anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Melbourne
- Amid coronavirus lockdowns, use of online domestic violence reporting tool spikes
- Child exploitation websites ‘crashing’ during coronavirus amid sharp rise in reported abuse
- Queensland Police break up hundreds-strong party on Wangetti Beach
- Coronavirus in Australia: I thought I was safe to walk the beach with my daughter, then the police came…
- Heavy police presence thwarts Melbourne anti-mask rally
- Trio accused of lying at Qld border about spending weeks in Melbourne
- Stowaways charged for allegedly trying to cross Victoria border on freight train
- Police arrest demonstrators at Melbourne protest against Victoria’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions
- Claims of coronavirus complacency in north Queensland as police find Victorian woman hiding in truck at border
- COVID-19 child abuse crisis feared as vulnerable kids hidden at home
- Family violence perpetrators using COVID-19 as ‘a form of abuse we have not experienced before’
- Helpline calls by family violence perpetrators ‘skyrocket’ amid isolation
- Domestic Violence, Isolation and Covid-19
- The prevalence of domestic violence among women during the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 and Family Violence
- Survey of Australian women shows domestic violence has escalated during Coronavirus pandemic
- How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?
- Paedophiles ramp up online grooming during lockdown
- Victoria police respond to family violence risk during ‘very stressful time’ of coronavirus
- Why we must pay attention to women’s online safety during COVID-19
- The impact of COVID-19 on women’s safety is only just beginning
- Amid coronavirus lockdowns, use of online domestic violence reporting tool spikes
- Child exploitation websites ‘crashing’ during coronavirus amid sharp rise in reported abuse
SECURITY IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Australia)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc
- Stand-off between States over national policy on transferring COVID-19 aged care residents to hospital leaves providers hanging
- NSW Government secures $21m for domestic violence support during coronavirus lockdown
- All in this together? The impact of COVID-19 on refugees and people seeking asylum.
- Queensland and New South Wales border communities plead for coronavirus plan as one new case is recorded
- Coronavirus Victoria: New taskforce to help Melbourne claw back from Covid-19
- Parents cut off from vulnerable kids as coronavirus fears hit families
- Coronavirus Australia: COVID-19 has exposed Australia’s aged care sector’s flaws, royal; commission says
- New laws to protect family violence victims during COVID-19 pandemic
- Coronavirus Victoria: Government says family violence sufferers can break lockdown
- Victoria’s amended COVID-19 bill passes
- COVID-19 lockdown puts Indigenous women at greater risk of domestic violence, new report says
- COVID-19 and violence against women – Federal Government support needed
- Australian government pumps $1bn into health and family violence services as coronavirus spreads
- What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus
- Domestic violence services prepare for demand as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease
- The end of JobSeeker coronavirus supplement payments compounds this Australian family’s battle to beat poverty – ABC News
Vulnerability to disease/ Sexillness & Access to Resources (BRAZIL)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
Vulnerability to disease/ Sexillness & Labour/Roles (BRAZIL)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
Vulnerability to disease/ Sexillness & Norms/Beliefs (Brazil)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
Vulnerability to disease/ Sexillness & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (BRAZIL)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
Vulnerability to disease/ Sexillness/LAWS (Brazil)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
Exposure / ACCESS TO RESOURCES (BRAZIL)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associated with perceptions of illness
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (BRAZIL)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
Exposure & NORMS/BELIEFS (BRAZIL)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
Exposure & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (brazil)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
ILLNESS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
ILLNESS & Access to Resources (BRAZIL)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Brazil)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
The lack of planning, led the country to have one of the most expensive immunizations in the world
ILLNESS & NORMS / BELIEFS (brazil)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (brazil)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
ILLNESS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Brazil)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
HEALTH SYSTEMS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (BRAZIL)
Examples of how access to COVID related and other health services has changed and is structured
HEALTH SYTEMS & LABOUR/ROLES (Brazil)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & NORMS/BELIEFS (BRAZIL)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
HEALTH SYSTEMS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (brazil)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (brazil)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (brazil)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (BRAZIL)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (brazil)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
SOCIAL IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Brazil)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
SOCIAL IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (brazil)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
SOCIAL IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (brazil)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
SOCIAL IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (brasil)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
SOCIAL IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (brazil)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
SECURITY IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (brasil)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
SECURITY IMPACTS & Labour/Roles (brazil)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (brazil)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
SECURITY IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Brazil)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
SECURITY IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (brazil)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
Risk & Access to Resources (Canada)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
RISK & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
RISK & NORMS/BELIEFS (CANADA)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
RISK & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (CANADA)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
RISK & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
- Temporary foreign workers working part-time or between contracts, permanent residents who have been in Canada less than 3 months, international students and those who are undocumented do not have free access to healthcare
- Privatization of senior care centers led to reduced quality of care and health outcomes; increased risk
- Lack of protection for foreign workers puts them at risk
ILLNESS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (CANADA)
Examples of how access to resources affect experiences of illness/treatment
ILLNESS & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
ILLNESS & NORMS / BELIEFS (CANADA)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
- Indigenous peoples were 6.5 times more likely to be hospitalized with HINI than non Indigenous people
- Women caring for children more likely to feel depressed than men and those without children
- People of colour over represented in neighbourhoods hardest hit by COVID
- 6/10 Indigenous people mental health worsened since physical distancing
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (CANADA)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
- Undocumented migrants scared to seek testing and treatment
- Inmate dies of COVID-19 in prison
- Women with disabilities dies alone; unable to make treatment decisions
- 50% of newcomers experience worsen mental health since physical distancing
- Women more likely than men to report worse mental health since physical distancing
ILLNESS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
HEALTH SYTEMS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (CANADA)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
HEALTH SYTEMS & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & NORMS/BELIEFS (CANADA)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
- Anxieties mount for trans people as coronavirus delays surgeries !!!!!!LINK MISSING
- The fear and mistrust of health systems expressed by many in Black, Indigenous and racialized communities.
- Indigenous people turned away from hospital
- Increase in requests for home births
HEALTH SYSTEMS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (CANADA)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
- BC legislation (Bill 29) increased precarious work conditions for feminized, racialized workers in senior’s facilities
- Indigenous Peoples lack access to family doctors, medical services, compared to non-Indigenous peoples
- Filipino-Canadian care aides disproportionately affected due to federal employment policies
SOCIAL IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (CANADA)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
- Children in low income families – most often headed by women – less likely to have access to internet for online schooling
- Newcomers lose access to jobs, housing, services
- Parental education level associated with children’s participation in online learning
- Canadians living in households with children more likely to be food insecure
SOCIAL IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of impacts on social roles of and social costs born by different genders and groups
SOCIAL IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (CANADA)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
- Events celebrating two-spirited people canceled
- Rise in anti-asian racism
- Racism related to COVID-19
- 56% of Canadian women have felt anxious or nervous since the pandemic started, compared to 38% of men.
- Editorial cartoons portray women as nagging, talking ‘too much’ to husbands during isolation
- Parents of children with disabilities extremely worried about academic success
- Women, parents and younger adults more likely to feel anxious and depressed during COVID-19
- Newcomers 4x more fearful of COVID related stigma
SOCIAL IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (CANADA)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
SOCIAL IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (CANADA)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- Less (63%) women than men (80%) managed to pay rent in March 2020
- 1.8 million migrant and undocumented workers lack access to govn’t supports during crisis
- ECC unable to access EI or CERB
- Women and those under 35 at highest financial risk when CERB ends
- COVID impacts 36% of Indigenous participants ability to meet financial obligations/essential needs
- 40% women run businesses had to lay off employees
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
- Women in film & restaurant industry lose jobs
- Women workers disproportionately affected by shutdown
- Sectors most affected by physical distancing and travel policies (service, retail, tourism) mostly women
- Service industry most affected; 56% service industry women
- Job losses among women 25 to 54 twice that of men
- 18% restaurants fear will go out of business within a month
- Women 5x more likely to cut back working hours to watch children
- Gender employment gap widened, especially for parents with young children
- Women represented 70% of all job losses in March
- Employment increased twice as fast among men than women
- Youth unemployment 29%
- Women make up 60% job losses in hardest hit sectors
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (CANADA)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to economic supports and resoruces
SECURITY IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (CANADA)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
SECURITY IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (CANADA)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (CANADA)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
- Racialized people impacted disproportionately by use of force to enforce social distancing
- Men are more likely than women to translate emotional suffering into violent acts, substance abuse, and are more likely to die from suicide.
- Editorial cartoons normalize violence against women during isolation
- Physical attack on elderly Asian man; racial motivated in context of COVID-19
- Over 50% ethnically Chinese Canadians experience COVID related racism
- Fear of virus keeps women from shelters
SECURITY IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (CANADA)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
- Statistics Canada expects rise in IPV
- Calls to Vancouver domestic-violence crisis line spike 300%
- 10% of women & 6% of men concerned about violence in the home
- 50% Chinese Canadians have been insulted as a direct result of COVID-19/ 43% have been threatened or intimidated
- Visible minorities more likely to feel unsafe since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
SECURITY IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (CANADA)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
Risk & Access to Resources (China)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- The psychological health of women on fertility treatment was severely impacted.
- 1,044 interviews of pregnant women. 96.07% were very concerned about health impact of Covid. 92.62% worried about their child. 82.95% raised concerns about complications after giving birth.
- Patients had to gather together in long lines to see a doctor
Risk & Labour/Roles (China)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
Risk & Norms/Beliefs (China)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
Risk & Power/Decision-making (China)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
Risk & Institutions/Laws (China)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
Illness & Access to Resources (China)
Examples of how access to resources affect experiances of illness/treatment
- A study recommended a longer incubation period for women: more than 14 days self-isolation is recommended.
- Methoxamine improved vital signs of severe COVID-19 pregnant women suring cesarean section.
- Online survey showed women are more likely to suffer from anxiety due to virus than men.
- Pregnant women with COVID-19 showed higher specificity on chest CT scan
Illness & Labour/Roles (China)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
Illness & Norms / Beliefs (China)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
Illness & Power/Decision-making (China)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
Illness & Institutions/Laws (China)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
Health Systems & Access to Resources (China)
Examples of how access to COVID related and other health serivces has changed and is structured
- Statistics available on health expenditure for all level 2 & above public hospitals in China
- China Health Services status
- Health insurance for breast cancer and cervical cancer has increased 570000 policies and provide 286B premiums.
- 32.6% of people living with HIV were at risk of running out of their anti-retroviral medicine (ART) during the lockdown. 48.6% did not know where to collect their next ART refill.
- Hospital SOPs for inpatient breast cancer surgery
Health Sytems & Labour/Roles (China)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
Health Systems & Norms/Beliefs (China)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
Health Systems & Power/Decision-making (China)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
Health Systems & Institutions/Laws (China)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
Social Impacts & Access to Resources (China)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
Social Impacts & Labour/Roles (China)
Examples of impacts on social roles of and social costs born by different genders and groups
Social Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (China)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
Social Impacts & Power/Decision-making (China)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
Social Impacts & Institutions/Laws (China)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
Economic Impacts & Access to Resources (China)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- Female registrants for online finance management course increased 61.5%
- Female users increased by 42.7% on e-commerce platform
- Individuals with an annual income less than 7142USD have had the highest need for loans during the outbreak.
- The employment situation improved with the resumption of production and production
Economic Impacts & Labour/Roles (China)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
Economic Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (China)
Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important
Economic Impacts & Institutions/Laws (China)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to economic supports and resoruces
Security Impacts & Access to Resources (China)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
Security Impacts & Labour/Roles (China)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
Security Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (China)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
Security Impacts & Power/Decision-making (China)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
Security Impacts & Institutions/Laws (China)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
Risk & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- A reliance on touch to get around leaves blind people vulnerable to infection.
- Elderly, city’s most vulnerable groups are left to face contagion alone, with lack of masks and no physical ability to source for them.
- Nearly 70 % of families in Hong Kong struggling to afford masks and disinfectants
- Insufficient protective gear for healthcare workers
- Many domestic helpers are growing anxious as they are unable to get masks and hand sanitizer
- Hong Kong’s most marginalized including refugees are at particular risk of getting impacted disproportionately
Risk & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
- Hong Kong health care workers vow to strike against government handling of coronavirus
- Coronavirus Fears Lead Nurses To Threaten Strike In Hong Kong If Borders Aren’t Shut
- Double Burden for Women Amid COVID-19 Crisis
- Hong Kong sex worker fearing of infecting their family members
- Doctors are facing daily living hardship providing treatment to COVID-19 positive patients
- Coronavirus can survive long exposure of heat and become a threat to laboratory staff
- Hong Kong street cleaners (mostly female) struggle to work amid face mask shortage
- Nurses comprise more than half of healthcare workforce in Hong Kong and majority (over 85%) are female. Nurses went on strike and demand border closure due to fear of overcrowding and mishandling of situation.
- Workers/labourers in various sectors are prone to coronavirus infection
Risk & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
- According to NGO Justice Centre, 39.3 per cent of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong do not have their own room to sleep in; 35.2 per cent share a room with a child or elderly person, and 2 per cent sleep in a kitchen or communal living space.
- Churches remain empty during Easter due to fear of catching virus
- During SARS, suicides hit a record high, with elderly cases spiking and quarantine measures disregarded
Risk & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
- Hong Kong Pregnant women stuck in Pakistan
- Marginalised ethnic minorities in Hong Kong struggle to obtain masks, hygiene products, and access reliable information related to the outbreak. 1 in 4 ethnic minority in Hong Kong live in poverty.
- Global rapid gender analysis 2020
- Risk of spreading COVID infection at detention center due to poor hygine condition and lack of social distancing
Risk & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
- Govt refuses to consider coronavirus infection as occupational risk
- Ignored evacuation plan from India raises uncomfortable questions about ethnicity in deciding who is a ‘real’ Hongkonger deserving of help indicating the existence of institutional discrimination
- Gender blind’ coronavirus policies could hinder disease fight
- Grants for protective items provided for day and residential welfare care centers
Illness & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)
Examples of how access to resources affect experiances of illness/treatment
- Foreign domestic helpers undergoing compulsory home quarantine face difficulty in finding a place
- People living in small apartments find it difficult to self-isolate
- People living in cage-home finding it difficult for self quarantine
- Substandard condition of quarantine centers giving hard time for ‘close contacts’
- Hongkongers returning from Pakistan protest against poor food during compulsory quarantine at government facility
- COVID-19 and gender-specific difference
Illness & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
Illness & Norms / Beliefs (Hong Kong)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
- Mental health issues have increased amid virus fears. Hong Kong women more susceptible to stress than men.
- Children’s mental health at high risk due to staying indoor in small flats
- Experts warn that an excessive focus on hygiene, or ‘health anxiety’, and extreme isolation can lead to emotional problems later on
- Hong Kong women more susceptible to stress than men.
- Nearly 1 in 10 people in Hong Kong likely to have depression
Illness & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
- Caregivers for special needs individuals are at breaking point as vital services are scaled back; Majority of care givers are women
- Serious worries have arisen due to outbreak in elderly home resident
- Important hospital services, critical operations, cancer treatment and care for newborns have been severely reduced and impacted due to healthcare workers strike after the first death due to coronavirus.
- Virus-stricken mother separated from her four-month-old, who’s allergic to formula
Illness & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
Health Sytems & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
Health Systems & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
Health Systems & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
Social Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
- Budget support for Hong Kong youth left out those from ethnic minorities
- A government watchdog has once again mauled the Education Bureau over the learning opportunities for ethnic-minority children
- Schools urged to provide English context and notes in teaching materials, so such pupils can keep pace with peers. Problem carries over into low university enrolment rate for minority groups
- Just 11 women sit on Hong Kong’s 70-strong legislature. But the number of women leading political parties is on the rise.
- Housing Authority extends 50% rent concession for its retail and factory tenants for six months from April 1 to September 30
Hong Kong is falling behind on gender diversity
Social Impacts & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
Social Impacts & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)
Examples of impacts on social roles of and social costs born by different genders and groups
- Why domestic workers are the unsung heroes of Hong Kong’s coronavirus crisis
- More than 500 parents finds those working from home the most anxious as they worry over children’s online-based school work
- No going out of FDH on rest days
- No group gathering of FDH on weekends
- Huge work pressure of social worker due to heavy load of buying stuffs for people who cannot go out
- Women spend nearly double the time performing unpaid care work than men; COVID-19 increases this care burden
- Can we turn the tide on gender equality
- Four in five senior academics at Hong Kong’s eight publicly funded universities are men
- Women and girls aged 15+ spend 10.8% of their time on unpaid care and domestic work compared to 3.3% spent by men
Social Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
- Hong Kong’s domestic helpers getting used to new normal as social distancing keeps them apart on only day off
- Many senior citizens are afraid to go out without masks, affecting their daily lives and already weak support system has become even more fragile than before
- Students struggles of remote learning during coronavirus
- Hong Kong domestic helpers feel ‘singled out’ amid coronavirus outbreak
- More than 100 Hong Kong restaurants refuse to serve customers from mainland China
- Social reaction toward the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Divorce inquiries on the rise as stay-home measures push Hong Kong couples off the edge
- Hong Kong’s dating scene slows down as cautious singles avoid face-to-face meetings
- The exact thinking behind the irrational behaviour of hoarding.
- How high living costs and a lack of childcare places has left many Hong Kong single mothers trapped on social security
Illness & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
- Caregivers for special needs individuals are at breaking point as vital services are scaled back; Majority of care givers are women
- Serious worries have arisen due to outbreak in elderly home resident
- Important hospital services, critical operations, cancer treatment and care for newborns have been severely reduced and impacted due to healthcare workers strike after the first death due to coronavirus.
- Virus-stricken mother separated from her four-month-old, who’s allergic to formula
Health Systems & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
- Hong Kong’s ethnic minority leaders slam government over handling of outbreak
- Hong Kong’s fresh-grad nurses feel underprepared as clinical training cut short amid Covid-19
- E-consultation allows patients to be seen and diagnosed remotely by doctors via electronic communication such as video conferencing
Economic Impacts & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- The median price of liquid soaps including disinfectants soared by more than 113 %, while all-purpose cleaning wipes costed 214 % more and toilet paper by 82 % more than usual price
- Hong Kong workers on unpaid leave struggle to find part-time jobs, unsure they qualify for pandemic wage subsidies
- Casual workers and unemployed to miss out on govt relief measures
- Welfare system punishes single mother/ women who earn above a bare minimum and badly needs reforming to encourage more to seek jobs
- Hong Kong domestic workers ‘angry’ at exclusion from coronavirus relief measures
Economic Impacts & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
- Women hit harder by socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 in Asia-Pacific, says UN Women report
- Hong Kong freelancers, casual workers feel bypassed for subsidies as coronavirus pandemic batters economy
- Hong Kong designers finding it difficult to survive during pandemic
- Smaller companies in the sector could be forced to lay off more people and shut down
- Local small business such as flower selling mostly run by women are impacted gravely
- Visualising The Impact Of Coronavirus On Hong Kong’s F&B Industry
- Hong Kong tourism all but collapses as arrivals drop 99 per cent
- Hong Kong Tourism Board predicts ‘zero visitors’ for coming months after visitor entry ban
- Hong Kong’s construction industry grinds to halt, and union says coronavirus has left 50,000 workers jobless
- Women’s job insecurity rose during pandemic in Hong Kong
- Migrant women hit harder during pandemic due to job loss
- Jobless rate surges to nine-year high of 4.2 percent
- Cathay Pacific to lay off nearly 300 cabin crew in US, calling bases in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles ‘no longer viable’
- 50,000 construction workers loses job due to coronavirus in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong extends limits on gatherings as beauty and massage parlours ordered to close
Economic Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)
Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important
- Hong Kong workers on unpaid leave struggle to find part-time jobs, unsure they qualify for pandemic wage subsidies/ gender pay inequality
- Unemployment left 12,000 jobless in past 3 months
- Only 29% of senior positions are held by women even though they made up 55% of the city’s workforce in 2016
- Half of Hong Kong employers do not want to hire women with children
- Gender pay inequality a problem in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong women earn more than men before 20 but only half when they turn 60
- Women below poverty line earning HK$4,300 less than men on average, as many look to balance work and family needs with flexible contracts
- A 2016 census report showed women working in Hong Kong’s health and social work sector jobs were paid HK$8,000 less than men.
- More than half the Hong Kong workforce is made up of women, but they are not well represented at senior levels. fewer than 3 in 10 senior managers in the city are women, a survey recently found; prejudice, cultural barriers are bad policy are to blame
Economic Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
Economic Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to economic supports and resoruces
Security Impacts & Access to Resources (Hong Kong)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
Security Impacts & Labour/Roles (Hong Kong)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
- 1 in 10 women in Hong Kong are facing workplace sexual harassment
- Hong Kong doctor fears to save lives
- Truck drivers without a health certificate saying they have not tested positive for the coronavirus in the previous two weeks will be refused entry. Hong Kong Land Transport Council chairman says measures could choke the supply of food
- Hong Kong’s coronavirus outbreak has intensified discrimination and exploitation of domestic workers
Security Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (Hong Kong)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
- 1 in 7 women in Hong Kong are facing sexual violence
- Domestic violence upsurge during pandemic
- Mistreatment of transgender refugee
- Elderlies are malnourished or at risk of malnourishment during pandemic
- More reports of violence against women, children in Hong Kong since start of pandemic
- One in five pregnant women and new mothers experience workplace discrimination in Hong Kong. The situation is worst in the retail and hospitality industries, according to an Equal Opportunities Commission report.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the domestic violence situation as victims and their abusers are forced to spend more time together
Security Impacts & Power/Decision-making (Hong Kong)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
Security Impacts & Institutions/Laws (Hong Kong)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
RISK & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- 37% of slum residents lack access to personal water source
- Difficult to social distance in slums due to overcrowding and limitied community resources; Only 200 water points for approximately 200,000 people in Kibera
- Slum residents take risk by continuing to work as most are daily wage earners
- Multi-generational living arrangements in slums makes it difficult to self-isolate
RISK & LABOUR/ROLES (Kenya)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
- Women are overrepresented in frontline work; Human health and social work industry is the only industry in the modern sector which employs more women than men at 55%
- 75.8% of nurses are women
- Hospital nurses strike over lack of COVID-19 training
- PPE provided not a good fit for female health care workers
- Health care workers lack adequate PPE; work-from-home guidelines for vulnerable workers not consistently applied
RISK & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
- Women are more worried about food shortage and death resulting from COVID; men are more worried about loss of income, lack of treatment, and possibility of infecting others
- More women than men cite stay at home advisory as reason for absence from work; more men than women cite cessation of movement order as main reason for absence from work
RISK & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- 37% of slum residents lack access to personal water source
- Difficult to social distance in slums due to overcrowding and limitied community resources; Only 200 water points for approximately 200,000 people in Kibera
- Slum residents take risk by continuing to work as most are daily wage earners
- Multi-generational living arrangements in slums makes it difficult to self-isolate
RISK & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Kenya)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
- Government quarantine centers increase risk of infection due to over-crowding, lack of proper sanitation, PPE, food & water.
- Vulnerable population including pregnant women, those with toddlers & those with pre-existing conditions forced into quarantine centers contrary to quarantine protocols
- Specialized isolation and treatment facilities for COVID-19 care, established as early as May 2020 in public hospitals, are overcrowded
ILLNESS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of how access to resources affect experiences of illness/treatment
- National Hospital Insurance Fund remove cover for COVID-19 patients- testing & treatment
- Teachers’ COVID-19 treatment costs to be covered by the Teachers Service Commission
- NHIF COVID-19 coverage will continue for civil servants, including health care workers
- Residents in rural areas resort to untested herbal medicine for COVID-19 treatment
- Bomet County Government to insure Doctors against COVID-19Delayed treatment contibute to COVID-19 related deaths
- Specialised isolation and treatment centres established in public hospitals but facilities are overcrowded
- Some public treatment centers lack ICU beds; most facilities full to capacity
- Treatment in private hospitals only accessible to those with adequate financial means
ILLNESS & LABOUR/ROLES (Kenya)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
- Health care workers lack access to COVID-19 treatment due to lack of functioning ICU facilities and delayed transportation to treatment centers
- Health care workers lack adequate isolations centers
- Unrest in the health care sector as workers strike due to various grievances including inadequate PPE and delayed salaries
HEALTH SYSTEMS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Kenya)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
ILLNESS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Kenya)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
HEALTH SYSTEMS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of how access to COVID related and other health serivces has changed and is structured
- Maternal health care center closed as resources reprioritized to respond to COVID-19
- Maternal health care outreach services reduced in rural areas
- Pregnant women at risk due to limited transportation options during COVID-19 curfew
- Patients with respiratory issues denied service in some hospitals; cases of TB, asthma and pneumonia end up in COVID-19 isolation facilities
HEALTH SYTEMS & LABOUR/ROLES (Kenya)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
HEALTH SYSTEMS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Kenya)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Kenya)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
- Mathari Hospital, biggest mental health institutions, discharge mentally ill patients and halts inpatient services and clinic sessions
- Ministry of Health to introduce tele-counselling and tele-psychiatry center
- Maternal community outreach services were down by two-thirds in March; institutional deliveries down by half, and maternal mortality has risen
- Pregnant women in rural Kenya struggle to access maternal health care
- Some TB facilities closed temporarily; TB staff deployed to isolation/quarantine facilities
- Kenyatta National Hospital, the only public hospital with three radiotherapy machines, suspend appointments of first-time cancer patient
- Many private health facilities closed because of the risk of contamination and the lack of PPE
SOCIAL IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
- Girls engage in transactional sex to access food and sanitary towels following school closures; these were provided in schools
- 152,000 teenage pregnancy cases in the first three months of lockdown- 40% increase in the country’s monthly average; school closures and restricted movement limit access to SRH services
- Machakos county record an increase in cases of teenage prognancy- 4,000 cases with 200 cases of age 14 or lower
- Turkana County record 558 teenage pregnancies between March & June; girls living in refugee camps especially affected
- The African Institute for Development Policy report insignificant shift in numbers of teenage pregnancy cases; 141,114 cases btw Jan-May 2019 & 123,887 during same period in 2020
- Sex as a coping mechanism for girls following school closures; due to boredom and lack of company at home as parents continue working
- Teenage mothers unlikely to return to school when schools reopen
- Only 10% of teenage mothers in Homa Bay County historically return to schools after delivery; limited financial resources and child care are the main barriers
- Over 13,000 teenage girls drop out of school annually because of pregnancy
- Reduced donations and community volunteers negatively impacts children’s homes which support orphaned children
- Girls engage in sex as a coping mechanism and to access resources due to ‘lockdown poverty’ following school closure
- Girls engage in transactional sex to access soap and sanitary towels following school closures
- Teenage pregnancies attributed to negative coping mechanisms and limited supervision following school closures
- Machakos county record an increase in cases of teenage prognancy- 4,000 cases between Jan and May; access to SRH information and services a challenge with restricted movement and school closures
Social Impacts & LABOUR/ROLES (Kenya)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
Local grassroot organizations are operating on the frontlines with community-led responses, including door-to-door delivery of food items in slum areas and poor neighbourhoods care work compared to men
SOCIAL IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
- Outlawed FGM and child marriage practices increase due to reduced oversight following school closure; pa
- Child marriage arranged after adolescents are impregnated following rape; Interventions rescue at least 200 girls from child marriage
- Pokot County record more than 500 cases of FGM since schools were closed: The prevalence of FGM is still high in some communities such as the Somali at 94 per cent, Samburu 86 per cent, Kisii 84 per cent, Maasai 78 per cent and West Pokot 74 per cent
- Home schooling and digitalization of education push back discriminatory social and gender norms between boys and girls, and exercerbates the digital gender divide; girls take on domestic and caregiving work limiting available time for learning while at home
- Communities take advantage of schools closure to perform FGM on underage girls before marrying them off: The Samburu community believes that girls must be circumcised to prepare them for marriage, failure to which they are still viewed as girls and not women.
- Many girls forced to undergo FGM in Kenya’s northern Samburu county after schools closed on March 16.
SOCIAL IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Kenya)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
- Women represent 20% of people quoted in news articles on COVID-19 and 32% of those featured in gender equity stories: Women are disproportionately represented in the news shaping the COVID-19 narrative hence less likely to have influence over government response
- Only one woman serving in the 15-member Interfaith Council on the National Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Gains in women’s political participation threatened as political re-alignment take place; Priority on COVID-19 response reduce public oversight
- Parliament fails to pass laws to activate the two-thirds gender rule in the constitution for all elected and appointive positions
- Taskforce on Mental Health urges government to declare mental health a national emergency
- The Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, an association whose members are mainly women, hosts a panel of seven with only one woman who is not African.
SOCIAL IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Kenya)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
- Only 47% of learners accessing educational content development by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development through radio, television, and the internet; remote education inaccessible to those outside broadcast range or those without necessary equipment, skills, or internet
- Government to introduce free maternal healthcare for pregnant adolescents
- Initiatives launched to donate sanitary towels to girls in poor households; need for this necessity contributing to transactional sex and numbers of teenage pregnancies
- Students residing in slums have limited access to internet-enabled smartphones: Teacher notes digital learning is not an option
- Residents launch initiatives to collect sanitary towels for girls- Narok South
- Motobike riders (mostly men) donate pads and innerwear to 2000 girls and boys
- 14,000 girls in 12 counties to get pads, underwear in anti-FGM initiative by UNICEF & Anti-FGM Board
- Safaricom Foundation and Baringo county government to provide sanitary pads to 6,000 girls
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- 89% and 28% of women in the informal economy and in casual employment, respectively, cannot earn a living by working from home
- Most women in the informal economy live in poverty: 31.9% live in slums, 21.7% live in peri-urban areas, with only 10.7% living in middle income residential areas
- 30.5% of households were unable to pay rent on time in April, 2020; 8.7% of households received some relief or waiver from landlords
- 68.4% of households were unable to pay rent on time in May, 2020; 6.7% of households received some relief or waiver from landlords
- 48% of workers are working less hours than usual; 61.9% absent from work due to reasons related to COVID-19
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (KENYA)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
- Women represent 35.5% of wage employment in the modern sector
- Female workers mostly employed in industries most vulnerable to disruption & that were impacted by COVID-19
- Workers across all industries report to work fewer hours with highest variance in the education and activities of household as employers (undifferentiated) industries- industries which employ most female employees
- 51.2% of female workers were outside the labour market in May 2020 compared to their male counterparts at 34.7%
- Female-dominated informal businesses of selling produce in the market impacted as people avoid going to markets
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important
- Women give up employment to take care of children following school closures due to social norms around gendered division of childcare work
- Women who are able to work from home also disproportionately perform unpaid care and domestic tasks
- 11% of women and men still believe it is valid to mock of men for engaging in unpaid care & domestic work and nearly of half of women have known a man who has experienced this type of backlash.
- 4% to 11% of women and men think it is acceptable for a man to beat a woman if she failed to undertake unpaid care & domestic work tasks
- Women taking on male-dominated civil works to take advantage of employment opportunities created by the government’s Kazi Mtaani Youth Employment programme
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Kenya)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
Economic Impacts & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Kenya)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
- Kazi Mtaani Youth Employment Program, financed at Ksh.10 billion, creates income opportunities for over 280,000 youth in informal settlements: Opportunities entail male-dominated civil works
- Government’s credit guarantee scheme likely to lock out many women due the requirement to meet bank credit regulations
- National and County governments work with the private sector in the production and supply of PPE, oxygen, and other COVID-19 response equipment
- Orphans and vulnerable children, the elderly, people with severe disabilities, and the people living in the arid northern counties benefit cash transfer through the Inua Jamii program
- Kazi Mtaani Youth Employment Program provides social protection for workers whose prospects for daily or casual work was disrupted by the containment policies
SECURITY IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Kenya)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
- Doctors to strike over delayed salaries
- Health workers in Migori County to stike over delayed payments
- Meru County health workers to strike over unpaid salaries
- Health workers in Migori County to stike over delayed payments
- Work-from-home guidelines for vulnerable health workers applied inconsistently as some workers with pre-exisiting conditions still working in the frontlines
- Clinical officers to strike over expectation to cover costs of PPE & COVID-19 treatement costs, and inconsistent implementation of the work-from-home guidelines for vulnerable workers among other grievances
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (Kenya)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
- Sexual offences constituted 35.8% of criminal offenses between March 19 and April 2; majority of perpetrators were partners, guardians, close relatives,and those living with survivors
- GBV cases reported through the national helpline increased by 34% between February and March
- GBV cases reported through the national helpline increased by 92% between February and June
- One third of those who seek assistance due to psychological violence through the national helpline are men; men are harassed or abused by their spouses and families for failing to provide
- FIDA-Kenya’s toll-free hotline received 289 cases between April 15 and May 3: 40.5% were child custody and maintenance cases, and 28% were GBV; 83% of the GBV cases were intimate partner violence
- Approx. 24% of Kenyans have witnessed or heard cases of domestic violence in their communities since the introduction of COVID-19 pandemic containment measures
- At least 53 women and girls with disabilities were subjected to SGBV between March 13 and June, 2020
- Children rescue center experience increased intake between March and July mostly as a result of defilement cases
SECURITY IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (Kenya)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
- The President directs the National Crime Research Centre to probe escalating cases of gender-based violence and prepare an advisory to security agencies on remedial action
- A male senior magistrate advise local residents to seek alternative dispute resolution processes for domestic violence cases in an effort to decongest courts
- Curfew imposed on March 27 resulted in police shottings and brutality: Police broke into homes & shops, extorted money from residents or looted food; 6 cases of police killings reported within first 10 days of curfew policy
- Admission in quarantine center as punishment for not complying to curfew; women forced into a center with one-month old baby
- Initial enforcement of curfew in Kenya led to 12 deaths and many injuries
- Kenyans, most of whom earn a meagre income from the informal sector, complain of having three enemies – the new coronavirus, hunger and the police
- Police-enforced curfew in Mombasa cause chaos and panic, putting people at risk of exposure as they bundled up and squeezed in matatus to avoid police brutality
- 122 arrested in Kisii for breaching of COVID-19 protocols
- More than 2,000 people charged yesterday in various courts across the country for violating COVID-19 and curfew regulations
- The National Crime Research Centre probe on the rise of GBV cases to offer advisory on redress under the President’s directive; the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association and other female leaders consulted
SECURITY IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (Kenya)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
- Police not forwarding reported cases of SGBV to the Judiciary: Resource prioritise enforcement of COVID-19 curfew and protocols as some courts scale back and others shut down
- Safety of a SGBV child survivor from perpetrator denied as police refuse to act without a court order
- Domestic violence cases deprioritized in efforts to decongest courts, police cells, and prisons
- Delays in medical investigation of SGBV cases as police force resources stretched to enforce COVID-19 response efforts: Clinicians unable to present expert testimony in court
- Female Superintendent push for the launch of a one-stop GBV center for survivors to access all services in the same premises and where data will be digitalized
- Women and girls with disability who have survived SGBV left out as court sessions go virtual; court circulars not in Braille
- Shortage of advocates a challenge to access to justice in cases involving children surviving SGBV
- Children’s court to be established in light of cases of teenage pregnancies, FGM, and child marriages
- Regional Commissioner of Police calls for schools to conduct compulsory pregnancy tests as a measure of addressing teenage pregnancy
- Chiefs to take responsibility for rate of teenage pregnancies in their areas
RISK & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (NIGERIA)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- Low-income residents living in single-room housing with close proximity to neighbours and shared washrooms at higher risk of exposure
- Residents of Rivers State face water scarcity; purchasing water outside community unaffordable
- Some Lagos residents face water scarcity
- Informal workers who depend on daily wages such as hawkers face higher risk of explosure admist fears of food insecurity
- Malnutritional women and children susceptible to COVID-19; 10-20% of Nigerian women are undernourished and 7% of women of childbearing age suffer from acute malnutrition
RISK & LABOUR/ROLES (Nigeria)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
RISK & NORMS/BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
RISK & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (NIGERIA)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
RISK & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (NIGERIA)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
ILLNESS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (Nigeria)
Examples of how access to resources affect experiences of illness/treatment
ILLNESS & LABOUR/ROLES (NIGERIA)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
ILLNESS & NORMS / BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
ILLNESS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (NIGERIA)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
- In addition to participating in COVAX, Federal Ministerial Committee on COVID-19 herbal remedies and national compounds seek a home-grown solution to COVID-19
- A private sector’s Coalition Against COVID-19 providing and equipping medical facilities including creation of testing, isolation, and treatment centers
- Some medical institutions refuse patients due to fear of COVID-19 exposure; drastic drop in attention paid to condition unrelated to COVID
ILLNESS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (NIGERIA)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
HEALTH SYSTEMS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (NIGERIA)
Examples of how access to COVID related and other health serivces has changed and is structured
- Antenatal care services closed in some hospitals, and limited in others
- Women disproportionally impacted by reduced HIV treatment services; young women aged 20-24 three times more likely to be living with HIV than male counterparts
- About 47% of people living with HIV/AIDS yet to seek treatment and are unaccounted for
- Prioritization of health care resources in addressing COVID-19 result in limited treatment options for breast cancer
- Cancer mortality increase due to limited access to treatment
- Infant immunization services impacted as caregivers avoid primary health care centers, mass vaccine campaigns paused, and introduction of new vaccines delayed
HEALTH SYTEMS & LABOUR/ROLES (NIGERIA)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & NORMS/BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
HEALTH SYSTEMS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (NIGERIA)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
HEALTH SYSTEMS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (NIGERIA)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
- 40% budget cut to primary healthcare services likely to impact immunication, childcare, maternal healthcare and family planning services; less than 5% of federal budget on health
- Unintended pregnancies increase as distribution of family planning products face delays during lockdown; increased unsafe abortions anticipated
SOCIAL IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (NIGERIA)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
SOCIAL IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (NIGERIA)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
SOCIAL IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of sexist, racist, etc. attitudes and the impacts of different social groups
SOCIAL IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (NIGERIA)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
- Women in North East Nigeria’s COVID-19 response sub-committees lack decision-making power; GBV and protection services not listed as essential
- Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Youth not part of the COVID-19 response team
- Majority-male Senate opposes inclusion of gender equality in Nigerian Constitution; 10% of the 109-member Senate are women
- Women less likely to feature as protagonists in COVID-19-related news than non-COVID-19 news coverage 15% vs. 27%; hence, limited influence in framing crisis and policy decisions
- People living with disabilities and supporting NGOs not included in planning of programs aimed at supporting them
- People living with disability face exclusion and isolation, with severe economic, health, and psychological consequences
SOCIAL IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (NIGERIA)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (NIGERIA)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- 1 in 3 households have taken our new loans since the pandemic, with 1 in 4 households being indepted prior to the pandemic; debt likely impacts low-income households
- 70% of households experienced income loss in the early stages of the pandemic; this reduced to about 40% between August 2020 and January 2021
- Women in rural areas face highest exclusion in accessing financial services
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & LABOUR/ROLES (NIGERIA)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
- Gender inequality in the labour market increase as drop in percentage of working women higher than that of male counterpart
- Over 80% of women are self-employed and typically run informal businesses vulnerable to economic shocks and requiring personal contact
- Informal economy makes over 60% of contributions to national GDP; employing up to 75% of labour force in Lagos
- Restrictions affect informal sector workers who depend on local markets
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (NIGERIA)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
- 75.8% of women left unsupported through government’s palliatives distribution; attributed to corruption and limited of gender representation in taskforces
- Victim Support Fund’s taskforce on COVID-19 relief response distribute food and other palliatives to avert food insecurity admist lost incomes; only one woman in the taskforce leadership
- The 12-member National Taskforce on COVID-19 has only two female members & excludes community actors
- Pandemic further relegates women to the background in community decision making
ECONOMIC IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (NIGERIA)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
SECURITY IMPACTS & ACCESS TO RESOURCES (NIGERIA)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
- Nurses assaulted following death of COVID-19 patient
- Pre-COVID prevalence of workplace violence against nurses at 53.5% with patients and patients’ relatives as perpetrators
- Healthcare workers detained by policy for violating curfew
- Healthcare workers face income insecurity as salaries delayed for up to 17 months
- Doctors to strike nationwide over non-payment
- Healthcare workers’ union face harassement amid industrial action
SECURITY IMPACTS & NORMS/BELIEFS (NIGERIA)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
- Domestic violence incidences increase by 56% in the first two weeks of lockdown in April 2020
- GBV reported cases increase by 149% in the first month of lockdowns
- 37.8% and 45.2% of women experience sexual abuse and domestic violence, respectively, during the pandemic
- The FCT Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Response Team receive an average of 13 reports weekly, compared to 5 to 6 reports per week pre-COVID
- Of all GBV cases reported in 2019, 98% were against women and girls by male perpetrators
- Women fall victims to abuse and exploitation by police enforcing COVID-19 curfew and other prevention measures
- Lockdown and restricted movement limit support services to survivors of SGBV
- Women and girls trained as community defenders against GBV
- Safe spaces created for young girls in rural Nigeria to break the culture of silence around SGBV and train advocates
- Pandemic and border closure slow systems in place to repatriate and support trafficking survivors, mostly girls and women forced into domestic servitude and prostitution
SECURITY IMPACTS & POWER/DECISION-MAKING (NIGERIA)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
- First lady and governors’ wives mobilize in a campaign against GBV calling for adequate funding and harmonisation of existing related laws
- Inter-ministerial committee for GBV response across states in Nigeria established by the federal government to harmonize data and develop a national GBV prevention strategy
- 11 people killed and numerous abused during initial enforcement of COVID-19 lockdown by security agencies and non-state actors
- Inspector General of Police orders the strengthening of the Gender-Desk Units and the Juvenile Welfare Centres across the country
- National Economic Council, chaired by the Vice President, encourage States to domesticate Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (2015) and Child Rights Act (2003)
SECURITY IMPACTS & INSTITUTIONS/LAWS (NIGERIA)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
- States in Nigeria domesticate the Violence in Person Prohibition Act; Nigerian Governors Forum declare a state of emergency on rape
- State government to open Sexual Offenders Register open to the public, shifting shaming and stigmatization from victims
- Kano State Penal Code to change to allow for stiffer penalties for rape & increase age of rape victim to 18year, up from 14yrs
- Perpetrators of rape in Akwa Ibom State to face up to life imprisonment
- Special court for rape/GBV trials to be established for timely processes
- Osun State government trains women and children on martial arts as first line of self-defense against SGBV
Risk & Access to Resources (UK)
Examples of how access to resources affects risk of COVID-19 infection
- BAME pregnant women more likley to be hospitalised than whites
- Interantional students face increased risk if staying in accomodation, bills if leaving
- People in need of carers unable to self-isolate
Risk & Labour/Roles (UK)
Examples of how formal and informal gender roles increase risk of infection
- BAME nurses less likely to have access to appropriate PPE
- Men working in low-skilled employment have highest death rate: taxi, bus, and coach drivers at highest risk
- Some NHS hospital trusts class all ethnic minority
- Teachers at risk as government plans to open schools
- Low-paid workers more likely to die
- People working in social care have significantly higher death rates
- Lack of PPE appropriate for women
- NHS conducts risk assessment of frontline BAME staff
- 80% of surveyed workers feel returning to work will put family at risk
- 60% of surveyed workers feel uncomfortable about being pressured to return to work
- Only 18% of workers surveyed think returning to work will be safe
- Women and BAME groups, and in particular BAME women, at greatest risk of infection through their work
Risk & Norms/Beliefs (UK)
Examples of gendered understandings of vulnerability and risk
Risk & Power/Decision-making (UK)
Examples of who has ability to protect themselves, move freely to avoid infection, etc. and who does not
- Class, ethnic, gender, educational, generational and geographical divide to grow without government action
- Undocument migrants dying as fears of deportation prevent them seeking help
- Increased deaths among those detained in mental health hospitals
- Lack of transparency around deaths of people with austism and learning difficulties
- National Association of Head Teachers not consulted on school re-openings
- Government may be underestimating number of care home deaths
- Scottish care home deaths overtake hospital deaths
- Pensioners 34 times more likley to die than working age
- Asylum seekers and detainees unable to access tests
- Stress of being infected highest among 30-59 year olds
- Half of Brits experiencing disrupted sleep
- 25% of UK adults drinking more during lockdown
- Social care mentioned only twice by SAGE minutes, Jan-May
- Only 29% of women feel safe leaving the home
- Women living in deprived areas have 133% increased risk of death
- Significantly increased deaths among people with learning disabilities
Risk & Institutions/Laws (UK)
Examples of policies and laws that might increase vulnerability/risk of specific genders or groups
- Lockdown may see end to UK HIV transmission
- Scottish care home deaths double English care home deaths
- 700 released from immigration detention
- Social distancing not possible on deportation flights
- Undocumented immigrants may avoid NHS due to charging and data-sharing between NHS Trusts and immigration enforcement
Illness & Access to Resources (UK)
Examples of how access to resources affect experiances of illness/treatment
- Greatest pregnancy risk may be premature birth
- Decline in mental health services for children
- People living in most deprived areas have almost twice death rate of those in affluent areas
- Thousands more community-based deaths due to health service and access disruption
- High-risk pregnancies may be missed
- 26% of deaths are people with diabetes
- People in deprived areas of Scotland more likely to die
Illness & Labour/Roles (UK)
Examples of who cares for ill and how labour effects experiances of illness
Illness & Norms / Beliefs (UK)
Examples of stigma associated with infection and differences associate with perceptions of illness
- Half of pregnant women in hospital with COVID-19 are Black, Asian, and minority ethnic
- Racism contributing to increased death among people of colour
- Risk of death twice as high for people of Bangladeshi ethnicity compared to whites, and 10-50% higher for people of Asian, Black, and Caribbean
- Pregnant and lactating women excluded from vaccine trial
Illness & Power/Decision-making (UK)
Examples of who has ability to make decisions about treatment and care
- More than 20,000 direct and indirect care home deaths in England and Wales
- Teenage inmates subject to movement restrictions
- Obesity doubles risk of needing hospital treatment
- Vulnerable foced out of hospitals to make space
- 39% of surveyed adults think they would find it difficult to access addition treatment if needed
- Undocumented migrants live in crowded conditions and are scared to see a doctor
Illness & Institutions/Laws (UK)
Examples of policies and laws that might affect health outcomes of specific genders or groups
Health Systems & Access to Resources (UK)
Examples of how access to COVID related and other health serivces has changed and is structured
- Women in Northern Ireland granted access to early abortions
- Cervical cancer patients at risk due to lack of screening and treatment
- Diminished access to sexual and reproductive health services
- Maternity services under strain
- Chemotherapy buses and at home treatment increased to support cancer patients
- Requests for ceasarean sections denied
- Women with breastcancer fear lack of treatment is putting their lives at risk
Health Sytems & Labour/Roles (UK)
Examples of impacts on healthcare workers; how gendered roles (formal and informal) affected experiances of health systems & services
Health Systems & Norms/Beliefs (UK)
Examples of how prioritization of health services affected different groups and of attitudes towards different genders and groups by health workforce
Health Systems & Power/Decision-making (UK)
Examples of who makes decisions and has power within health systems and about services
Health Systems & Institutions/Laws (UK)
Examples of policies and laws that affect both COVID related healthcare and other healthcare system functions
Social Impacts & Access to Resources (UK)
Examples of how changes in access to social programs and social response programs affect people differently
Social Impacts & Labour/Roles (UK)
Examples of impacts on social roles of and social costs born by different genders and groups
- 4.5 million new carers due to COVID-19
- School closures: 44% of key workers with children (inc. 49% of HCW) have no partner to share childcare duties with or are partnered with another key worker
- Children at risk of Kawasaki-like disease
- Mothers working from home doing 90 minutes extra childcare compared to fathers working from home
- Parental childcare roles may be reversed where mother works in essential role and father stays home
- Parents of vulnerable or disabled children bearing care burden without respite
- 28% increase in calls to NSPCC regarding parental mental health
- Carers over 70 turning to suffering depression due to lockdown
- 78% of working mothers struggle with childcare and work commitments
- 57% of working mothers believe that school closures have negatively impacted their careers
Economic Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (UK)
Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important
Social Impacts & Power/Decision-making (UK)
Examples of who is deciding social priorities and how social autonomy is affected by outbreak and response
- Court closures impact domestic and child abuse cases
- Supermarket workers could be trained to identify domestic abuse victims
- 18-24 years olds have lowest level of life satisfaction during lockdown
- Chief nurse removed from briefings after refusing to support Dominic Cummings
- Non-British spouses at risk due to job losses and inability to earn enough to be eligible for spouse visas
- Contact tracing app could exacerbate health inequalities via digital divide between education level and age
- Impact on children’s mental health may last for decades
- Lack of women in Downing St press briefings
Social Impacts & Institutions/Laws (UK)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to education or social supports, and that do or do not address discrimination
Economic Impacts & Access to Resources (UK)
Examples of who has access to employment, income support, internet to work from home, etc. and who doesn’t
- Elderly and vulnerable people without smartphones will be excluded from contact tracing
- Small business owners denied insurance claim payouts
- Substantial increase in malnourished older people
- 9/10 BAME voluntary organizations at risk of closure
- Childcare sector vulnerable without government support
- More than a third of 5-16 year old children lack access to a computer
- Food banks see significant rise in requests
- Class and generational divide seen in ability to save money during lockdown
- Students unable to pay rent
- Care homes have not received extra funding to cover PPE, cost being passed onto residents
Economic Impacts & Labour/Roles (UK)
Examples of different economic impacts on gender dominated industries and on care roles
- Paid and unpaid carers facing poverty
- Tourism sector likley to suffer greatest job losses post-lockdown
- Likely lack of jobs for school leavers and graduates
- Women could be worse off in post-COVID recession
- Women’s academic output plummets during lockdown
- Low earners are seven times as likely as high earners to have worked in a sector that is now shut down. Fully one third of employees in the bottom tenth of the earnings distribution work in shut down sectors versus just 5% of those in the top 10%.
- BAME households almost twice as likely as white households to report job and income loss
Economic Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (UK)
Examples of expectations around who gives up paid employment and what industries are most important
Economic Impacts & Power/Decision-making (UK)
Examples of who decides how resources are used, who has financial influence and who doesn’t and why, as well as incidents of economic discrimination/disempowerment
Economic Impacts & Institutions/Laws (UK)
Examples of policies and laws that determine access to economic supports and resources:
- Lack of gender pay gap reporting risks accurate assessment of women’s position in the workforce
- Thousands of migrants unable to access public funds
- Care workers subject to costly visa extension requirements
- Childcare workers given 24 hours notice of guideline changes
- Migrants with no recourse to public funds at substantial risk of economic hardship
- Funding pledged to care homes not being received
- NHS surcharge removed for migrant healthcare workers
- COVID-19 benefits cap on universal credit has detrimental impact on single mother
Security Impacts & Access to Resources (UK)
Examples of links between access to resources – like housing, income support – and insecurity
Security Impacts & Norms/Beliefs (UK)
Examples of who is viewed as a threat to security and who is viewed as victims of insecurity during crisis
- Black people fined more than whites under coronavirus laws
- Increased hate crimes against Chinese people
- Coronavirus reporters subject to racist attacks
- Attacks on telecom workers due to 5G conspiracy theories
- UK rail worker dies after being spat on
- Shop works face threats, abuse, violence
- Far-right groups spreading rumours, blaming British Muslims and Chinese people for COVID; increased attacks on British Muslims
Security Impacts & Labour/Roles (UK)
Examples of incidents of violence and/or discrimination towards care providers/workers; role of security sector in response
Security Impacts & Power/Decision-making (UK)
Examples of insecurity exacerbated by power relationships / disempowerment
- Complex needs of BAME women excluded from domestic violence conversations
- Only 4000 prisoners eligible for early release, only 55 have been freed
- Crime falls 28%
- Homeless man charged for being outside without reasonable excuse
- Calls to domestic abuse helpline increases by 50%
- 26 domestic violence support services report caseload increase
- Single mothers put in bind due to government suggestion to go back to work while schools remain closed
- Renters at risk of eviction in June
- Court hearings by video could disadvantage disabled people
- Cases of stalking have increased
- Disabled people remain shielded
- Increase in attempted border crossings from France to the UK
- Increase in child protection referrals expected once schools reopen
- Post-COVID recession could lead to increased domestic abuse
- Women with underlying mental health issue increases from 11% to 27%
- Survey suggests 25 million Britons experiencing increased levels of anxiety
Security Impacts & Institutions/Laws (UK)
Examples of policies, laws and institutions related to protecting specific populations, addressing violence and hate etc.
- Parliament shuts but needs to ensure scrutiny of heightened powers
- Electronic voting in parliament decreases discrimination against pregnant women, disabled, elderly and sick
- Government taskforce created for homelessness during pandemic
- Lack of care home inspections under Coronavirus Act
- Implementation of Scottish 2019 Domestic Abuse Bill has been ‘patchy’
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Make your own Matrix!
Using a gender analysis matrix will allow you to design gender responsive research or interventions in a systematic way. It can be used to:
1. Identify how gender analysis can be conducted within existing data sets, and/or
2. Identify key gender-related considerations for research, programmes or policies and how research, programmes or policies can be modified to take into account such considerations.
The matrix can be used to identify and/or develop: gender considerations (barriers and opportunities), analytical gender analysis questions, gender analysis questions for inclusion in data collection tools, codes for qualitative data analysis, variables for quantitative analysis, and gender indicators for monitoring and evaluation.
While, gender analysis matrixes are meant to be modified to meet study or intervention needs and objectives, the gender analysis domains should remain the same. The topic domains should be modified to relate to areas of consideration within your programme, study, or intervention.
The Gender Analysis and COVID-19 matrix (pdf) provides a series of questions that fit into the domains described in the table above.
You should write your answers in the Gender Analysis Matrix Template (doc).
We would love to see any Matrices that you produce for your own countries. Use the contact page to get in touch!



