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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 […]

Gender in the Media: August 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. August 1-14 August Men must play a constructive role to achieve gender equality – Independent Australia The ‘female’ brain: why damaging myths about women and science keep coming […]

COVID-19’s Impact on Gender Equality & the SDGs

Table of Contents: Introduction Implications for the SDGs with a focus on women and girls Implications for SDG 5 specifically Additional Resources from OECD on COVID-19 References Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic poses a severe threat to the achievement of gender-related SDGs and jeopardises some of the improvements observed since 2015 related to gender equality and […]

Gender in the Media: July 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. July 2020 1-14 July COVID-19 is the biggest setback to gender equality in a decade – World Economic Forum Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy may develop […]

Can political gender equality produce educational gender equality? Evidence from developing regions.

By Maike Kusserow Contents: Introduction: educational and political gender inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa Evidence of the effects of female representation on women’s education Studies of political gender quotas in India and Africa Tentative evidence from Uganda Pitfalls of political gender quotas Conclusion References Introduction: educational and political gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa On average, women […]

#HowICare Campaign June 18-24 2020

The SIGI shows that women undertake 75% of the unpaid care and domestic work worldwide, and more must be done to recognise, redistribute and reduce this time burden on women. The #HowICare Campaign Promundo and Oxfam’s #HowICare Campaign is an opportunity for a wide variety of voices to demand, together, a transformation of the gendered dynamics […]

Gender in the Media: June 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. June 2020 1-14 June ‘Men don’t trust we’re strong enough’: Somali women push into fish industry – The Guardian Historic Wins for Women of Color as Nation Protests […]

May 12, World Women in Mathematics Day

At the 2018 World Meeting for Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Iranian Mathematical Society suggested to celebrate and honor women in mathematics on Maryam Mirzakhani’s birthday. M. Mirzakhani was born on May 12 in 1977 in Theran, earned a PhD from Harvard University in 2004 and later became a professor of mathematics at […]

Gender in the Media: May 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. May 2020 1-14 May Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation – The Guardian The lockdown is hard for women with disability – Hindustan Times ‘We want improved women’s participation […]

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