The Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19 examines evidence from past public health emergencies, as well as available data around how COVID-19 affects gender roles and responsibilities; access to health care, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; gender-based violence; decision-making and leadership; and access to information. It makes a number of recommendations for the global COVID-19 response, including on sex- and age-disaggregated data collection; social and gender norms analysis; engagement of women, adolescent girls and all marginalised groups in leadership and decision-making roles in preparedness and response efforts; and gender-sensitive support to frontline health workers.
- The Rapid Gender Analysis is intended to be read as a companion to CARE’s policy brief, Gender implications of COVID-19 outbreaks in development and humanitarian settings.
- Read our Rapid Gender Analysis update Evolving trends: Women in COVID-19 (published July 2020)
