Affects of world crisis (pandemic like COVID-19) on women

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The invisible face of the fallout

The traditional gender role that women play distinctly affects them in global crises as seen in numerous examples:
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  • The world has suddenly woken up to the  virus ravaging it.
  • While catastrophes affect  people at large, the economical, sociological and psychological impact that each catastrophe has on women is profound.
  • Data indicate the need to address this during and after these catastrophic episodes.


Crises and gender
  • In the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the coastlines of the countries region, including India, were affected and more than 2,00,000 people were killed or listed missing; a fourth of them were women.
  • The traditional 'care giver' role that women play has much to do in explaining this. Women stay around looking for their loved ones in order to them safe.
  • Besides this, women lack many life skills such as swimming and climbing.
  • During tsunami recovery phases, aid organisations and governments house the homeless in camps where women face many difficulties including abuse by men.
  • Gender-skewed tsunami deaths resulted in a disproportionate gender ratio where men largely outnumbered women. Women also faced hygiene challenges in these camps due to inadequate sanitation facilities.
  • In Kerla, after the floods in 2018-19, thousand were housed in relief camps.
  • Experts observe that relief measures focus on livelihoods and assets, compelling aid agencies to focus on restoring livelihoods.
  • Flood destroyed kitchens forced women to cook in the open air with whatever they were left with.
Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in ...
  • There was considerable added domestic work by women, which went unnoticed.


Issues Faced in the pandemic
  • Coming to the current COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on both genders is beyond the mere death statistics.
  • According to World Health Organization data, around 70% of the world's health workers are women, 79% of nurses are women.
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  • Health workers in general are highly vulnerable and not ensuring their safety is a high risk that can severely impact the health system.
  • India has a millions-plus accredited social health activist (ASHA) workers who are an integral part of its health system.
  • ASHA, who work at the ground level,  are reporting incidents of attacks while on COVID-19 duty.
  • Stringent action against their tormentors is needed to ensure their professional safety.

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