We are a global group of researchers, health practitioners, policy actors, and advocates who share resources and expertise on topics related to gender equity, women’s empowerment, human rights, and COVID-19. The working group includes expertise ranging from the biomedical sciences to the humanities. We meet online on the third Wednesday of every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities, and ideas for collaboration.
Mwiine Amon Ashaba, School of Women & Gender Studies, Makerere University
Yara Asi, University of Central Florida
Peter Baker, Global Action on Men’s Health
Susan E. Bell, Drexel University
Myra Betron, Jhpiego
Evelyne Bischof (prev.Ewelina Biskup), Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences and University Hospital Basel
Jelke Boesten, King’s College London
Rose Burns, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stephen Burrell, Durham University Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse
Elena Marbán Castro, Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Deepshikha Chhetri, Restless Development
Rose Cook, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London
Abigail Donner, Abt Associates
Kate Doyle, Promundo
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University
Jane Freedman, Universite de Paris 8 CRESPPA-GTM (Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris-Genre, Travail, Mobilités/Center for Sociological and Political Research of Paris-Gender, Work, Mobility)
Rachel George, Overseas Development Institute
Jasmine Gideon, Birkbeck, University of London
Lynsey Hamilton, BC Women’s Health Foundation
Sophie Harman, Queen Mary University of London
Kate Hawkins, Pamoja Communications Ltd
Megan Holloway
Kathryn H. Jacobsen, George Mason University
Nutan Prabha Jain, Indian Institute of Health Management Research
Allison Jeffery
Neetu John, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Chandani Kharel, HERD International
Rachel Kidman, Stony Brook University
Carleigh Krubiner, Center for Global Development
Roxani Krystalli, University of St Andrews
Eliane Lakam, Baltimore Mayor’s Office
Marianna Leite, Christian Aid
Carmen Logie, University of Toronto
Ilana Lowy, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale/French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
Maya Malarski, Gavi
Wesam Mansour, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Gillian McKay, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Caitlyn McKenzie, Australian National University
Sona Mitra, Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy
Rosemary Morgan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Erica Nelson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Megan O’Donnell, Center for Global Development
Estelle Pasquier
Amber Peterman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Camila Pimentel, Fiocruz
Caitlin Procter, European University Institute
Nuzulul Putri, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
Anita Raj, Center on Gender Equity and Health, UCSD
Rebekah Rollston, Cambridge Health Alliance
Erica Rosser, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Goleen Samari, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Tim Shand
Vandana Sharma, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Neha Singh, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Chloe Skinner, Institute for Development Studies
Julia Smith, Simon Fraser University
Minkyo Song
Kelly Thompson
Kerrie Thornhill, Résolu Ltd Research Expert Solutions
Luissa Vahedi, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Lavanya Vijayasingham, United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health
Linda Waldman, Institute of Development Studies
Clare Wenham, London School of Economics
Jeannette Wolfe, UMass Medical School-Baystate
Alexa Yakubovich, St Michaels Hospital
Institution: Georgetown University
Contact: Eliane Lakam
Website: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/at-the-intersection-of-vulnerabilities-women-and-girls-experiencing-homelessness-during-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic/
Twitter: @ElianeLakam
Website: https://www.cgdev.org/topics/coronavirus
Twitter: @CGDev
Title: How is the coronavirus outbreak affecting the daily lives of university students in Indonesia?
Institution: Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
Contact: Nuzulul Putri, nuzululkusuma@fkm.unair.ac.id
Description: This study analyzed how the coronavirus outbreak affects the daily lives of university students. We strive to identify what is the impact of the Pandemics and policies related to this pandemic on the development of university students both as academicians and human beings.
Institutions: Technical University of Munich, University of Oxford, Johns Hopkins University, St Michael’s Hospital
Contact: Alexa Yakubovich, University of Toronto, alexa.yakubovich@utoronto.ca
Website: https://osf.io/8hkfd/
Description: Reviewing evaluative evidence on gender-based interventions implemented in response to previous public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers: Dr Naomi Pfitzner, Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor Jacqui True
Website link: https://www.monash.edu/arts/gender-and-family-violence/research-projects/covid-19-and-gender-based-violence
Description: This research will help us to understand women’s experiences of violence and help-seeking under the COVID-19 restrictions as well as the impact on health and social care workers who provide support during this time. We will share the results widely to help governments and other organisations understand what women experiencing violence need now and to prepare for the future.
Twitter: @MonashGFV
Institutions: University of Bath/European University Institute/UNRWA
Contact: Caitlin Procter, European University Institute, caitlin.procter@eui.eu (lead researcher)
Website: https://www.elrha.org/project/covid-19-in-gaza-community-practices-in-refugee-camps/
Twitter: @ELRHA
Contact: Carmen Logie, University of Toronto, carmen.logie@utoronto.ca
Website: https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=430197&lang=en
Description: We address knowledge gaps regarding COVID-19 prevention in humanitarian contexts. We focus on urban refugee/displaced youth in Uganda, where 1.4 million refugees are hosted-Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest refugee hosting nation and the 3rd largest globally. We will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a WhatsApp social group intervention in increasing COVID-19 prevention practices (hand and respiratory hygiene, physical distancing) among an existing CIHR Project Grant cohort of urban refugee/displaced youth aged 16-24 living in informal settlements in Kampala.
Institution: King’s College London
Contact: Rose Cook, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London, rose.cook@kcl.ac.uk
Description: This project provides a comprehensive assessment of whether the UK’s social policy response to COVID-19 is gender-sensitive, gender-blind or gender-neutral in its design, access and impacts. We will gather information on global social policy responses and how gender-sensitive they are, compiling this in a Policy Tracker to enable learning from other countries and broaden the scope of existing comparisons focusing on global public health and fiscal responses. The project will further examine the extent to which different demographic groups and household types have accessed government support, and examine the relationship between different countries’ policy packages and longer term gender inequalities.
Institution: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Website: http://vax.pregnancyethics.org
Description: The PREVENT Guidance provides a roadmap for the ethically responsible, socially just, and respectful inclusion of the interests of pregnant women in the development and deployment of vaccines against emerging pathogens.
Twitter: @pregnancyethics
Institution: Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University
Website: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/academics/departments/population-family-health
Description: This mixed methods work examines the impact of COVID-19 public health measures on GBV service provision in six countries (South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, United States, and Colombia).
Contact: Jane Freedman, Universite de Paris 8 CRESPPA-GTM (Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris-Genre, Travail, Mobilités/Center for Sociological and Political Research of Paris-Gender, Work, Mobility)
Description: Research on impacts of Covid-19 on refugee and migrant women in South Africa
Institutions: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, UNICEF, CARE, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Website: https://www.elrha.org/project/gbv-risk-mitigation-in-humanitarian-crises-during-covid-19/
Description: This mixed methods research study examines GBV risk mitigation in humanitarian settings in the context of COVID-19 with a focus on how non-protection sectors are using and adapting existing GBV risk mitigation guidance and tools into COVID-19 response.
Institution: School of Women & Gender Studies, Makerere University
Contact: Mwiine Amon Ashaba, amonmwiine@gmail.com
Institution: Center on Gender Equity and Health, UCSD
Contact information: emerge@ucsd.edu; Anita Raj: anitaraj@health.ucsd.edu
Description: The EMERGE platform has hand-selected, adapted, and developed evidence-based measures for surveys on COVID-19 and Gender. We have survey modules on a number of topics including agency, social support, partner violence, digital connectivity and migration. We are working in partnership with other organizations to use/adapt these measures to further understand their utility and findings in the field
Website: http://emerge.ucsd.edu/covid-19/
Twitter: @GEH_UCSD
Institution: Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Description: The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security is providing expert analysis on the immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on women and girls, and developing policy and program responses. Examples of our research and thought leadership can be found below. Please visit our Resource Center for a comprehensive list of academic articles, policy briefs, and reports related to WPS and COVID-19 published by GIWPS and our partners. We are also finding innovative ways to share the stories of women on the frontlines of the pandemic, highlighting their needs and their proposed solutions. We invite you to explore our new initiative, Stories from the Frontlines: Women Peacebuilders in the Pandemic: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/covid19/
Website: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/priority/covid-19/
