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Shortly we& #39;ll be joining and live tweeting from @TimesTalks session on COVID-19 and the Gender Divide, with hosts @FrancescaDonner & @Alisha__g, and special guest @nahlav, senior gender adviser, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations.
"Crisis amplify existing inequalities, women work more and earn less. While everyone suffers economically in the short term, for women the economic shock lasts longer" @nahlav
"Women make up the essential workers, 1 in 3 jobs that have been designated essential are held by women and 78% of health workers are women, but they are underpaid and undervalued" @Alisha__g
"As countries are shutting down the care work at home has increased substantially and these responsibilities fall disproportionately on the shoulders of women. Globally women hold 3 times more care work, but this varies and in some countries it& #39;s 6-7 times" @nahlav
"Some men have had to assume a greater role in domestic work. Even if you have a temporary shift in the care burden, it tends to last, this might be a possible silver lining" @Alisha__g #NYTLiveAtHome
"If schools don& #39;t open but offices start opening, guess who is going to go back to work? We& #39;ve fought for decades and the pandemic could wipe it all out" @Alisha__g #NYTLiveAtHome
"Globally there is a massive increase in reporting of domestic violence. This is the tip of the iceberg and we won& #39;t know the scope until we lift lock-down measures" @nahlav #NYTLiveAtHome
"There are countries that are earmarking funds for domestic violence, and others who are marking shelters as essential services, countries turning their pharmacies into reporting services, pop-up services in grocery stores" @nahlav #NYTLiveAtHome #FundHer
"At the end of the day it& #39;s about shifting our culture of normal, recognizing it& #39;s not ok to lift your hand against a woman or girl" @nahlav #NYTLiveAtHome
"How to better protect black and brown women? There are layers of inequality and racial/class inequality is a huge one. How do we ensure that our stimulus packages are targeting the most vulnerable? It& #39;s their labor that supports all of us." @nahlav #NYTLiveAtHome
"We& #39;re seeing an increase in neighbors and community members reporting violence. It& #39;s important for us to feel responsibility for all members of our community" @nahlav #NYTLiveAtHome
"I want to live in this world that @nahlav has envisioned, where stress leads to collaboration" @Alisha__g #FeministRealities
"During Ebola, in Sierra Leon, since all resources were dedicated to the virus, maternity wards were left understaffed and there was an increase in maternal mortality." @Alisha__g #FeministRealities
"As we respond to the virus we shift resources and that impacts disproportionately women& #39;s access to sexual and reproductive health care" @nahlav
"Distribution of contraception products is also disrupted, but a lot of countries are not designating abortion clinics as essential services. If women don& #39;t have access to safe services they might take the route of unsafe abortions and end up dying" @Alisha__g #NYTLiveAtHome
"How will the pandemic impact inclusion efforts? Positively? Negatively? Results will depend on how we choose to respond" @Alisha__g @nahlav #NYTLiveAtHome
Stimulus & rescue packages must include the needs and realities of women. Feminist movements have a lot of experiences to share, to break away from the current exploitative systems and move towards #FeministRealities that center people and the planet.
