Gendered impacts of COVID-19: Insights from 7 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierMuzna Alvi: 0000-0003-2829-2327
cg.creator.identifierShweta Gupta: 0000-0001-6381-6857
cg.creator.identifierPrapti Barooah: 0000-0002-8004-3902
cg.creator.identifierClaudia Ringler: 0000-0002-8266-0488
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Bryan: 0000-0002-0906-222X
cg.creator.identifierRuth Meinzen-Dick: 0000-0003-4782-3074
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/jtflh2en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135042en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Future
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorAlvi, Muznaen
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Shwetaen
dc.contributor.authorBarooah, Praptien
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudiaen
dc.contributor.authorBryan, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-12T13:37:32Zen
dc.date.available2024-04-12T13:37:32Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141242
dc.titleGendered impacts of COVID-19: Insights from 7 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asiaen
dcterms.abstractIt is widely recognized that periods of crisis affect men and women differently, mediated by their access to resources and information, as well as social and institutional structures that may systematically disadvantage women from being able to access relief, institutional support, and rehabilitation. To capture the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, we conducted phone surveys in seven countries spread across Asia and Africa. The study was designed as a longitudinal panel study with five rounds of data collection in Ghana, Nepal, Nigeria, and Senegal, and three rounds of data collection in Kenya, Niger, and Uganda. Both men and women were administered the same survey, with some modifications made across countries to adapt to local contexts. This report gives an overview of our findings covering several topics including income loss, coping strategies, labor and time use, food and water insecurity and child education outcomes. We find widespread reports of income loss, which declined over time, but increased again as countries experienced a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and fatality. We find that households first depleted savings when faced with income loss and over time, use of savings reduced while other measures began to be adopted. Women reported greater food and water insecurity compared to men, including worrying about insufficient food and eating less than usual. This is particularly worrying since a large proportion of women also did not have adequately diverse diets. Moderate to severe water insecurity was reported in many of the countries, and as with food insecurity, women were more likely to report issues with accessing water for drinking and other household activities. In some countries, additional modules were added to capture country specific issues of policy relevance, such agriculture extension, mental health, and child marriage. The results make it clear that proactive investments will be needed, including social safety nets, favorable credit policies, nutrition and water investments, to ensure that the crisis does not further widen the gender gap in resources and achievements in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlvi, Muzna Fatima; Gupta, Shweta; Barooah, Prapti; Ringler, Claudia; Bryan, Elizabeth; and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2022. Gendered impacts of COVID-19: Insights from 7 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135042.en
dcterms.extent144 p.en
dcterms.issued2022-02-18
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/135042en
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjecteducationen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwater securityen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjectlabouren
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
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