Covid-19 crisis: How the pandemic is deepening gender inequalities
11 March 2021
In this first part of our blog series on Covid-19 from a feminist perspective, we look at how the pandemic is impacting women and girls and deepening gender divides.
The social and humanitarian impacts of the economic crisis unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic are devastating, especially for people in the global south. As the UN recognises, the outbreak of Covid-19 “is deepening pre-existing inequalities”, including gender inequalities. Across every sphere of society and the economy, the health and socio-economic impacts have been greater for women and girls, especially those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination – for example, on the basis of income, race and/or ethnicity.