Gender and COVID-19 Resources and Publications in English

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, numerous publications have shed new light on the gendered dynamics of the crisis. Below is a list of publications and resources with links that, while not exhaustive, can serve as a means to share emerging research as the situation unfolds.

• Women at the core of the fight against COVID-19 crisis – OECD
• Digital Platform: Tackling coronavirus (COVID‑19) Contributing to a global effort – OECD
• Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?– UN Women
• Addressing the economic fallout of COVID-19: Pathways and policy options for a gender-responsive recovery– UN Women
• COVID-19 and the care economy: Immediate action and structural transformation for a gender-responsive recovery– UN Women
• COVID-19 and violence against women and girls: Addressing the shadow pandemic– UN Women
• Rapid gender assessment surveys on the impacts of COVID-19 – UN Women
• The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific – UN Women
• Violence against women and girls data collection during COVID-19 – UN Women
• The First 100 Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Asia and the Pacific: A Gender Lens – UN Women
• COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement – UN Women
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Women – UN Women
• Gender & COVID – WFP
• Gender and COVID-19 – WHO
• COVID-19: A Gender Lens – UNFPA
• UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Guidance Document – UNFPA
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Modern Contraceptives and Other Medical Supply Needs, Including for COVID-19 Prevention, Protection and Response – UNFPA
• Gender equality and long-term care at home – EIGE
• Global Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19 – CARE International
• WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? The Conspicuous Absence of Women in COVID-19 Response Teams and Plans, and Why We Need Them – CARE International
• Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings – CARE International
• Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic – World Bank
• WEBINAR: COVID-19 and the Private sector: For unprecedented times extraordinary measures – World Bank
• Childcare in the COVID-19 Era: A Guide for Employers – IFC, World Bank
• Supporting Women Throughout the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response and Economic Recovery – World Bank
• Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children – CGDEV
• Interim Guidance Gender Alert for COVID-19 Outbreak – Inter-Agency Standing Committee
• COVID-19: Going Hungry – Plan International
• Protecting Forcibly Displaces Women and Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic – UNHCR
• COVID-19 and Women’s Human Rights – Guidance – UNHCR
• Promoting health equity, gender and ethnic equality, and human rights in COVID-­19 responses: Key considerations – PAHO
• Key Considerations for Integrating Gender Equality into Health Emergency and Disaster Response: COVID-19 – PAHO
• Considerations on Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and Other Ethnic Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic – PAHO
• Addressing the gender dimensions of school closures – UNESCO
• COVID-19 response – Re-enrollment: identifying students at risk of dropout and encouraging a return to school, with a focus on girls – UNESCO
• Estimates of the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – Guttmacher Institute
• Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the 2020 Guttmacher Survey of Reproductive Health Experiences – Guttmacher Institute
• The COVID-19 Outbreak: Potential Fallout for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – Guttmacher Institute
• Gendered Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in the Private Sector in Sri Lanka – IFC
• Girl-driven change: Meeting the needs of adolesent girls during COVID-19 and beyond – CARE
• Adolescent girls’ education and COVID‐19: What is happening in the field? – CARE
• Webinar: Gender-just climate resilience in the COVID-19 response – CARE
• Latin America and the Caribbean rapid gender analysis for COVID-19 – CARE

Data:

• COVID-19 sex-disaggregated data tracker – Global Health 50/50
• US Gender/Sex COVID-19 Data Tracker – Harvard GenderSci Lab
• Women Count Data Hub:Live tracker of COVID-19 cases around the world – UN Women

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