COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens
The coronavirus (COVID-19) (coronavirus) pandemic has led to disruptions of both social and economic activities across the globe. While the early narrative described COVID-19 (coronavirus) as the "great equalizer," asserting that the viru...
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okr-10986-340162021-05-07T13:48:51Z COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens Copley, Amy Decker, Alison Delavelle, Fannie Goldstein, Markus O'Sullivan, Michael Papineni, Sreelakshmi AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ACCESS TO FINANCE MICROENTERPRISES SOCIAL PROTECTION CASH TRANSFERS FEMALE FARMER WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS The coronavirus (COVID-19) (coronavirus) pandemic has led to disruptions of both social and economic activities across the globe. While the early narrative described COVID-19 (coronavirus) as the "great equalizer," asserting that the virus is capable of infecting anyone, it is critical for policymakers to understand that the impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus) will not be the same for everyone. Experience from previous epidemics suggest that COVID-19 (coronavirus) will impact groups who are most vulnerable and amplify any existing inequalities across countries, communities, households and individuals. This note focuses on the existing gender inequalities in the economic sphere in Sub-Saharan Africa and summarizes how the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic could affect women and girls disproportionately. It draws on impact evaluation research to showcase policy options to help build women's economic resilience and minimize any potential negative impacts during the pandemic and recovery. 2020-07-02T15:16:10Z 2020-07-02T15:16:10Z 2020-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/132121593107858356/COVID-19-Pandemic-Through-a-Gender-Lens http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34016 English Africa Knowledge in Time Policy Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) (coronavirus)
pandemic has led to disruptions of both social and economic
activities across the globe. While the early narrative
described COVID-19 (coronavirus) as the "great
equalizer," asserting that the virus is capable of
infecting anyone, it is critical for policymakers to
understand that the impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus) will
not be the same for everyone. Experience from previous
epidemics suggest that COVID-19 (coronavirus) will impact
groups who are most vulnerable and amplify any existing
inequalities across countries, communities, households and
individuals. This note focuses on the existing gender
inequalities in the economic sphere in Sub-Saharan Africa
and summarizes how the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic could
affect women and girls disproportionately. It draws on
impact evaluation research to showcase policy options to
help build women's economic resilience and minimize any
potential negative impacts during the pandemic and recovery. |
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Brief |
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Copley, Amy Decker, Alison Delavelle, Fannie Goldstein, Markus O'Sullivan, Michael Papineni, Sreelakshmi |
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Copley, Amy Decker, Alison Delavelle, Fannie Goldstein, Markus O'Sullivan, Michael Papineni, Sreelakshmi |
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Copley, Amy |
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COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens |
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COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens |
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COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens |
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COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens |
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COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens |
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covid-19 pandemic through a gender lens |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/132121593107858356/COVID-19-Pandemic-Through-a-Gender-Lens http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34016 |
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