COVID-19 highlights need for feminist human rights approach to ensure socio-economic gender equality

dc.contributor.author Ocana Noriega, Gema
dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-12T13:57:51Z
dc.date.available 2023-07-12T13:57:51Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.description.abstract Economics and human rights have never been close friends. Human rights advocates have rarely engaged with financial systems. Economists, in turn, seldom consider human rights principles. However, COVID-19 intensified the need for mutual cooperation to safeguard the most disadvantaged, particularly women, who have suffered disproportionate negative socio-economic impact from the pandemic, which accentuated female overrepresentation in frontline health and public sector employment as well as unpaid caring responsibilities. This article examines a series of UN reports and other research which contend that inherent economic gender bias and neoliberal financial austerity policies unduly damage women’s socio-economic rights. It recommends that human rights principles be combined with comprehensive feminist economic analysis in order to achieve gender equality and afford women more financial security in preparation for future crises.
dc.description.sponsorship European Commission - Operating grant - Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe Instrument (NDICI)
dc.identifier.citation Gema Ocana Noriega. “COVID-19 highlights need for feminist human rights approach to ensure socio-economic gender equality” (2022) 6 Global Campus Human Rights Journal 235-244 http://doi.org/10.25330/2516
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.gchumanrights.org/handle/20.500.11825/2596
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/2516
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Global Campus Human Rights
dc.relation.ispartofseries Global Campus Human Rights Journal ; 6.2
dc.subject gender
dc.subject equality
dc.subject feminism
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic
dc.subject human rights-based approach
dc.title COVID-19 highlights need for feminist human rights approach to ensure socio-economic gender equality
dc.type Article
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