Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses: Now and in the future
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kumar, Neha; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; and Ringler, Claudia. 2020. Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses: Now and in the future. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part Six: Gender, Chapter 20, Pp. 88-90. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_20.
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To contain the spread of COVID-19, health ministries and the World Health Organization (WHO) are advising everyone to keep up to date on latest developments, wash hands frequently, stay at home, and practice physical distancing when outside the home.1 These recommendations are inconveniences for most people in Europe or the United States, but for many in developing countries, even these basic precautions will be difficult to implement. Here are some ways these public health recommendations affect women and men differently in developing countries, particularly in rural areas — and some ideas for how to address the disparities.
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Neha Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-3277
Ruth Meinzen-Dick https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4782-3074
Claudia Ringler https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8266-0488