In the midst of the current pandemic, adopting a gender perspective may seem a secondary concern. However, pandemics are known to affect women and men differently. Successive lockdowns have widened the existing gender divide in unpaid care work that was already keeping more women than men out of the labour market.
Without a gender-sensitive approach, the pandemic could have far-reaching implications, including a real risk of exacerbating gender inequalities and sending progress into reverse. Internationally and within the EU, there have been calls for gender-sensitive emergency and long-term responses.
Read more in our publications:
Covid-19: The need for a gendered response
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The coronavirus crisis: An emerging gender divide?
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