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    COVID-19 and the Participation of Women and Women’s Rights Organisations in Decision-making

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    2020-07-10
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    Aghajanian, Lina
    Page, Ella
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    This rapid review examines available evidence around the political representation of women and women’s rights organisations in COVID-19 decision-making. In terms of the participation of women and women’s rights organisations in COVID-19 decision-making, the review finds the following: there is strong evidence that there are low levels of female participation at senior-level decision-making in COVID-19, across countries from the Global North and South, women’s rights organisations are suffering from decreased funding during the COVID-19 crisis, there is mixed evidence with regards to women’s rights organisations participating in COVID-19 decision-making and at the local and community levels, CARE’s rapid gender analyses show that women are being left out of COVID-19 response decision-making. Women are at a significant risk of the secondary effects of COVID-19. One significant challenge in the delivery of a gendered COVID-19 response is the lack of age and gender-disaggregated data. This rapid literature review does not find any evidence that the exclusion of women from decision-making is leading to gender gaps in the COVID-19 response. In terms of how to better engage women in the COVID-19 response, the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) suggests that women’s leadership and participation is treated as a critical cross-sector issue.
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    https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/15532
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    Aghajanian, L. and Page, E. (2020). COVID-19 and the participation of women and women’s rights organisations in decision-making. K4D Helpdesk Report 850. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.
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    K4D Helpdesk Report;850
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