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Today is the final day of women's history month 2020 and I'll be damned if I let this day go to waste. I'll be sharing coronavirus (and other past epidemics) stories and the unique challenges women around the globe face as this virus rages on. #WomensHistoryMonth2020 #COVID19
The fates of Ms. Deng and Dr. Xia reflect the unpredictable nature of a virus that affects everyone differently, at times defying statistical averages and scientific research.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
As governments order lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus, the lives of people stuck in physically or emotionally abusive relationships have — and will — become harder, which has already been seen in the pandemic hotspots of China and Italy. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/us/coronavirus-lockdown-domestic-violence.html
“I have too much stock and not enough customers,” says Wambui in Nairobi. “We fear, but we can’t stop working.” “Business is not normal, but we cannot live in quarantine. I have three children to feed. I’ve not thought about stopping, I depend on this job” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/27/we-fear-but-have-to-work-isolation-not-an-option-for-the-poor-of-nairobi-coronavirus
Such headlines are especially bad news for mothers, who already do 2.6 times as much unpaid caregiving and domestic work as their heterosexual partners, according to a recent report from the UN. In pandemics such dynamics will only be exacerbated- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/16/womens-coronavirus-domestic-burden
UNWomen are also concerned about the possible diversion of resources with increased efforts to contain outbreaks.
"Diverting resources from critical services that women rely on, such as routine health checks or GBV services, is concerning," https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51705199
"Diverting resources from critical services that women rely on, such as routine health checks or GBV services, is concerning," https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51705199
"Many of my friends are getting pregnant now schools are closed in the Ebola outbreak -and some have been forced into marriages," blogged the then 17-year-old Christiana from Sierra Leone. Kenya and should place measures to protect girls during #COVID19KE https://plan-international.org/blog/2015/05/forced-marriages-rise-time-ebola
In Shanghai, more than 90 percent of the nurses and 50 percent of the doctors combating the epidemic are women, according to a report by the Shanghai Women's Federation. And in Hubei, an estimated 100,000 women working as frontline medical staff. https://clb.org.hk/content/women-workers-frontline-battle-against-coronavirus
"Grim as it is to imagine now, further epidemics are inevitable, and the temptation to argue that gender is a side issue, a distraction from the real crisis, must be resisted. What we do now will affect the lives of millions of women and girls in future." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/
In Hong Kong, where schools have been closed since Feb. 3, many parents—mostly moms—have become de facto homeschoolers, managing remote classes and emailed assignments along with their own professional responsibilities. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/coronavirus-will-make-gender-inequality-worse
I'll leave this thread open for now because there's so much to unpack here. #coronavirus #WomensHistoryMonth
I loved this one. Very sober. Emphasises on the need of involving women in COVID19 policy.
https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-global-health-security-depends-on-women-96861?access_key=9qW3NV8zwByMZjWz792-AL-yLCTV6gqM&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newswire&utm_campaign=yourheadlines&utm_content=text&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldGa056RTVZekF4TVdOaSIsInQiOiJJVlpcLzJZd29EM1B5Q2ZreWQ2WXEyalpINGsxVzhxVkdLYzVXUTZkZTdrKzYxemFVQXY1R1NkdzluY1wvV1lGMUdjbUVMNVJqZVF0MFpIZVIyMzlWNjdcL0xFVVVqTEt2b0JWQURFemRYanV4S1hhTlBaZm95TXI0XC9nYWE0ZlpKWWsifQ%3D%3D
https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-global-health-security-depends-on-women-96861?access_key=9qW3NV8zwByMZjWz792-AL-yLCTV6gqM&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newswire&utm_campaign=yourheadlines&utm_content=text&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldGa056RTVZekF4TVdOaSIsInQiOiJJVlpcLzJZd29EM1B5Q2ZreWQ2WXEyalpINGsxVzhxVkdLYzVXUTZkZTdrKzYxemFVQXY1R1NkdzluY1wvV1lGMUdjbUVMNVJqZVF0MFpIZVIyMzlWNjdcL0xFVVVqTEt2b0JWQURFemRYanV4S1hhTlBaZm95TXI0XC9nYWE0ZlpKWWsifQ%3D%3D
France Is Putting Domestic Abuse Victims in Hotels During Coronavirus Lockdown. Reports of domestic abuse have spiked by about 30% since France went into lockdown in mid-March. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mj4g/france-is-putting-domestic-abuse-victims-in-hotels-during-coronavirus-lockdown?utm_campaign=sharebutton&fbclid=IwAR3P-b9hCvlyFmyhrBlLRqmegnAYIuY64YZfDt2hfxp_SZFmMgEUP7TCx2I
“Lockdown brings out latent tendencies for violence that were there before but not coming out,” Feng Yuan, co-founder of Equality, a Beijing based NGO wrote in an email. “Lockdown also makes help seeking more difficult.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/divorces-spike-in-china-after-coronavirus-quarantines?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-businessweek&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=businessweek&utm_source=twitter
Couple's need breathing spaces, even if its an 8 hour work-shift away from each other. Post-COVID19 divorces aren't unique to China as couples all over the globe will be coming out of quarantine as extremely different people from how they got in.
The question is, what happens to societies that frown on divorce? Even worse, what happens to the couples who will be forced to stay together (by their governments, families etc) How do couples navigate their new found situations? The mental health?
