The shift from response to recovery is now noticeable as the world moves past the paralyzing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book explores responses to the pandemic by international, regional, and local institutions, multilateral action, and crisis prevention efforts at different levels of governance, with a specific focus on the situation of women and children. The contributions in this volume address novel topics and expand the analysis to the different challenges faced by women and children, linking these to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, to create a holistic view of the true impact of the pandemic. The focus on international and regional cooperation provides further insights on how management of the COVID-19-induced crisis can be altered and improved. Immediate effects of the pandemic were focused on healthcare, but long-term and knock-on effects spread to different societal sectors and must be analyzed to ensure they will be addressed and, ultimately, resolved.
Author(s): Madeleine O. Hosli, Amy Blessing, Irini Iacovidou
Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 260
City: Cham
Foreword: “Institutional Responses” to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Foreword
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Chapter 2: Leaving No One Behind: Development Financial Institutions and Gender Lens Investing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction
Barriers to Women’s Participation in the Workforce
Women’s Participation in the Informal Sector
Women and Unpaid Care Work
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in SSA
Development Financial Institutions and Gender Lens Investing
External Policies and Best Practices
DFIs and Leadership
DFIs and the Sustainable Development Goals
Conclusions and Reflections
References
Chapter 3: Women and Children: International Institutions and Reponses to COVID-19
Introduction
Women, Children and Institutional Responses
COVID-19 and Women
COVID-19 and Children
Women, Children and Vulnerabilities: Linkages and Ways Forward
References
Chapter 4: Eradicating Child Labour Amidst Global Crises
Introduction: The Elimination of Child Labour Is Impossible to Achieve in Isolation
The Right of Children Not to Work
The Impact of COVID-19: Comparison with the Ebola Outbreak in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Response of ILO and UNICEF
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Crisis Management in Southeast Asia: Women, Violent Extremism, and COVID-19
Introduction
Reflections on Peace and Conflicts Resolution
The Traditional Role of Women in PVE in Southeast Asia
The Worrying Impact of the Pandemic on Women
The Worrying Impact of Covid-19 on Violent Extremism
A Strong Institutional Support to Female Leaders
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 6: Preventing a Knock-On Pandemic: How the World’s Biggest Children’s Charity Responded to the Virus that Doesn’t Make Children Sick
Introduction
COVID-19 and Children
Theoretical Framework and Analysis
Save the Children and COVID-19
Challenges
Achievements
Internal Changes
Conclusion
Bibliography
Other Sources
Chapter 7: Falling Through the Cracks: Challenges to the Education of Refugee Children During COVID-19
Introduction
SDG 4
Education of Refugees Before COVID-19
Additional Threats to Refugee Children’s Education in the Pandemic
EU Member States’ Policies to Ensure Child Refugee Education
Germany
Greece
Sweden
Croatia
Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Chapter 8: COVID-19 and the Digital Divide: Responding to the South Asian Digital Divide in the Education Sector
Introduction
Equality and Quality of Education
The Digital Divide
Analysing the Regional and Global Responses
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Increased Domestic Violence in Europe: A Shadow Pandemic
Introduction
Domestic Violence Increases During the COVID-19 Pandemic
European Member States’ Reactions to the Increase in Domestic Violence
Recommendations
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: School’s Out Forever? The Effect of COVID-19 on Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls in the Global South
Introduction
The Gender Dimension
Role of the United Nations
Bringing Back Girls to School in Nigeria
A Pathway Toward Possible Solutions
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: Women’s Empowerment: Analyzing Ethiopia’s Amhara National Regional State
Introduction
The Legal and Institutional Framework of Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopia
Constraining Factors
Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Chapter 12: COVID-19 in the Americas: Challenges in the Institutionalisation of the Gender Equality Agenda
Introduction
Latin America and the Caribbean: COVID-19 and Women
COVID-19 and Gender-based Violence (GBV)
Americas: Recommendations and Institutional Responses on Violence Prevention
Responses and Application Challenges
COVID-19 and Brazil: A Practical Example
Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Conclusion
References
Index