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May
- Let’s make women’s economic empowerment part of the ‘new normal’ (Investing in Women)
- Women startups fear funding will rely on old behaviors during coronavirus crisis (Bloomberg)
- Melinda Gates: How rethinking caregiving could play a crucial role in restarting the economy (The Washington Post)
- Amid this pandemic, women CEOs share that leadership and culture matter most (Forbes)
- How coronavirus has changed the roles in the family home (MSN)
- Remember the forgotten millions who are risking their lives (Medium.com)
- Women leaders eschew ‘macho-man’ politics in COVID-19 response (The World)
- Will COVID-19 derail empowerment from Time’s Up and MeToo? (Financy)
- Marginalised women are being left behind in the coronavirus pandemic (Above Whispers)
- COVID-19’s impact on women of color (Forbes)
- Five actions governments can take to protect women and girls (Ms)
- Interview with Melinda Gates: How revolutionizing our caretaking system is ‘the key to reopening the economy’ (Forbes)
- Restorative Investing: How The Impact Investing Model Could Be Used To Support Vulnerable Communities In The Time Of COVID-19 (JD Supra)
- More resources must be allocated to address gender discrimination in COVID-19 national response plans: UN roundtable (China.org)
- Innovation, reinvention and inclusion: Businesses responding to COVID-19 (Investing in Women)
- Việt Nam’s COVID-19 crisis response can increase opportunities for the country to emerge as a leader at regional and global levels (Viet Nam News)
- Coronavirus: The end of sexist economics? (The Lowy Institute)
- Coronavirus is giving us a glimpse of the future of work – and it’s a nightmare (The Guardian)
- Opinion: We cannot allow COVID-19 to reinforce the digital gender divide (Devex)
- Coronavirus: The end of sexist economics? (Abt Associates Governance and Development Soapbox)
- Women bear biggest job losses from coronavirus, latest ABS data shows (ABC News)
- WAO: Six tips for Malaysian govt with post-MCO’s likely crisis for ‘invisible’ caregivers juggling work, family care (IntellAsia)
- Gov’t agency heads can combine, adopt own alternative work arrangements amid COVID-19 emergency — CSC (GMA News)
- Tracking COVID financing with a gender lens (Gender Smart)
- The Disproportionate Effect of COVID-19 on Southeast Asian Women: Case Studies From Malaysia and Indonesia (Investing in Women)
- Small business solutions for pandemic challenges (ADB)
- RISE Fund – A COVID-19 recovery response to support women’s SMEs in South East Asia (Investing in Women)
April
- From where I stand: “Stay home and stay safe—but what if home is where she feels unsafe?” (UN Women)
- Opinion: Tech companies can support women in the COVID-19 response, too (Devex)
- Coronavirus should drive businesses to unleash the full value of women’s talent (Line Today)
- COVID-19: For Investors, Time to Double-Down on Gender Lens Investing (FinDev Canada)
- Doubling down on Gender Lens Investing: What can investors do right now in the face of the COVID-19 crisis? (Investing in Women, Value for Women)
- Will the coronavirus crisis make or break impact investing? (Campden FB)
- Challenging the ‘household dividend’ at Austrade (BroadAgenda)
- We are all in this together: Human rights and COVID-19 response and recovery (United Nations)
- Women bear a greater burden during MCO, says group (IntellAsia)
- ITC, CARE Enterprises ready to boost gender justice with the CARE-SheTrades Impact Fund (News Ghana)
- COVID-19 pandemic forces Indonesian mothers to do it all IntellAsia)
- Putting women, girls at heart of COVID-19 response and recovery in ASEAN: Turning challenges into opportunities (The Jakarta Post)
- Gender-based violence in the COVID-19 pandemic (Outrage)
- COVID-19 puts focus on social responsibility in Asia Pacific (The Jakarta Post)
- How gender norms play out in the COVID-19 response (Align Blog)
- Malaysia’s coronavirus lockdown advice for women sparks sexism backlash (ABC News)
- Addressing the gendered impacts and economic implications of COVID-19 (Investing in Women)
- Bill seeks to protect frontliners, patients from discrimination (Philstar Global)
- Who will look out for women? (Inquirer.net)
- As COVID-19 Situation Evolves, Health and Safety of Women and Staff Take Priority (Women for Women)
- Put women and girls at the centre of efforts to recover from COVID-19 (United Nations)
- Who will look out for women? (Inquirer.net)
March
- Retaining talent in times of uncertainty: what to know (Global Web Index)
- Are businesses ready for remote working? (Global Web Index)
- United Nations Secretary-General launches plan to address the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 (United Nations)
- Paying attention to women’s needs and leadership will strengthen COVID-19 response (UN Women)
- 2020 vision with a diversity lens (Inquirer.net)
- NSW domestic violence support groups warn coronavirus isolation is prompting surge in demand for services (ABC News)
- Gender issues in the face of COVID-19 (Investing in Women)
- The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism (The Atlantic)
- How the COVID-19 pandemic is fast-tracking digital transformation in companies (Forbes)
- The coronavirus fallout may be worse for women than men. Here’s why (World Economic Forum)
- COVID-19 is not gender neutral (BroadAgenda)
- Why Women May Face a Greater Risk of Catching Coronavirus (New York Times)
- Gender roles and the coronavirus: Why women may have higher risk of catching COVID-19 (Becker Hospital Review)
- Amid COVID-19 constraints, UN women’s commission meets to push gender equality forward (UN News)
- We can’t forget women as we tell the story of covid-19 (The Washington Post)
- Coronavirus Australia: Why women will feel the impact more than men (7News)
- Five ways the coronavirus is hitting women in Asia (MSN)
Latest Resources
COVID-19 and ensuring safe cities and safe public spaces for women and girls
03 June 2020
This brief highlights emerging trends and implications for women and girls’ safety in cities and public spaces, recognising the continuum of violence against women and girls in private and public spaces throughout different phases of the pandemic. It provides examples of concrete action taken at the local level in partnership with governments, grassroots women and ...
Building bridges, not walking on backs: A feminist economic recovery plan for COVID-19
02 June 2020
This document represents a living and evolving agenda for a feminist COVID-19 response and recovery and therefore is not exhaustive, definitive or exclusively representative but highlights key and emerging principles and recommendations.
Guidance note for action: Supporting SMEs to ensure the economic COVID-19 recovery is gender-responsive and inclusive
02 June 2020
This document illustrates how the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in starting and retaining a business are likely to increase in the wake of COVID-19.
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