Diahhadi Setyonaluri and Rachmat Reksa Samudra discuss thier research that shows how women, especially poor women, are suffering more due to the COVID-19 pandemic, putting them at profound risk of health and economic disadvantage.
This article originally appeared on The Conversation.
Poverty is expected to climb in Latin America. Social assistance will continue to play an important role in mitigating the effects of the economic crisis on living standards of disadvantaged groups. But what about inequality? Could social assistance contribute to addressing high and persistent inequality in the region? Armando Barrientos discussses in this article.
Several pandemics have in the past contributed to the reduction of income inequality. Will this happen this time around? Is COVID-19 likely to improve the distribution of income? Diego Sánchez-Ancochea dicusses in this article for the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab.
Our societies have seen epidemics and outbreaks from which we have, or we should have, learned. What are those lessons? What does research tell us about the social dynamics of the pandemic and of our responses to it? We discuss these questions with researchers in this specific field – IDS’ Melissa Leach, Hayley MacGregor, Annie Wilkinson and Ian Scoones.
This article, authored by Guy Standing, discusses basic income systems as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly to address the gender-based inequality highlighted in the crisis.