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Lessons Never Learned: Crisis and gender‐based violence
Author(s) -
John Neetu,
Casey Sara E,
Carino Giselle,
McGovern Terry
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
developing world bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1471-8847
pISSN - 1471-8731
DOI - 10.1111/dewb.12261
Subject(s) - realm , unintended consequences , pandemic , value (mathematics) , covid-19 , inequality , criminology , health care , political science , work (physics) , economic growth , development economics , public relations , sociology , medicine , economics , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , disease , pathology , machine learning , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID‐19 pandemic exposes underlying inequalities in our socio‐economic and health systems, such as gender‐based violence (GBV). In emergencies, particularly ones that involve quarantine, GBV often increases. Policymakers must utilize community expertise, technology and existing global guidelines to disrupt these trends in the early stages of the COVID‐19 epidemic. Gender norms and roles relegating women to the realm of care work puts them on the frontlines in an epidemic, while often excluding them from developing the response. It is critical to value women’s roles in society and include their voices in the decision‐making process to avoid unintended consequences and ensure a comprehensive response that caters to the needs of the most vulnerable groups.