Open AccessCovid-19 lockdown: A greater impact on women
Author(s) -
Bhavna Jain,
Seema Jain,
Atif Khan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
national medical journal of india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0970-258X
DOI - 10.25259/nmji_385_20
Subject(s) - livelihood , pandemic , covid-19 , action (physics) , cybercrime , political science , natural disaster , economic growth , perspective (graphical) , development economics , criminology , medicine , geography , psychology , economics , virology , the internet , agriculture , artificial intelligence , archaeology , pathology , world wide web , computer science , outbreak , quantum mechanics , physics , disease , meteorology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
It is well-documented that during a war, a natural disaster or a pandemic, women bear the worse brunt of the crisis. Worldwide, mental stress, domestic violence and cybercrime against women are widespread and under-reported during Covid-19. Creating boundaries in such situations is extremely important. It is imperative that policy-makers adopt a gender perspective to understand and analyse the effects of the pandemic and the lockdown on the economy, livelihoods and social structures. United Nations has called for urgent action and for governments to put women’s safety first as they respond to the pandemic.