COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Gender Lens

Copley, Amy ; Decker, Alison ; Delavelle, Fannie ; Goldstein, Markus ; O'Sullivan, Michael ; Papineni, Sreelakshmi

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AFRICA GENDER POLICY;    GENDER INNOVATION LAB;    CORONAVIRUS;    COVID-19;    FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS;   

RP-ID  :  150055

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The coronavirus (COVID-19) (coronavirus)pandemic has led to disruptions of both social and economicactivities across the globe. While the early narrativedescribed COVID-19 (coronavirus) as the "greatequalizer," asserting that the virus is capable ofinfecting anyone, it is critical for policymakers tounderstand that the impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus) willnot be the same for everyone. Experience from previousepidemics suggest that COVID-19 (coronavirus) will impactgroups who are most vulnerable and amplify any existinginequalities across countries, communities, households andindividuals. This note focuses on the existing genderinequalities in the economic sphere in Sub-Saharan Africaand summarizes how the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic couldaffect women and girls disproportionately. It draws onimpact evaluation research to showcase policy options tohelp build women's economic resilience and minimize anypotential negative impacts during the pandemic and recovery.