Suteu, Silvia; (2025) Pandemic Continuities through a Gendered Lens. In: King, Jeff and Ferraz, Octavio, (eds.) Comparing Covid Laws: A Critical Global Survey. (pp. 268-291). Oxford University Press (In press).

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Abstract

This chapter examines four areas in which the actions and omissions of governments during the CovidOVID-19 pandemic had significant gendered impacts: gender-based violence; access to abortion as essential healthcare; the representation of women in decision-making bodies; and the collection and reporting of gender-disaggregated data. The chapter assesses developments on these four issues against long-standing findings in the gender equality literature. It argues that legal responses to the pandemic reveal both continuities and discontinuities in the broader structures responsible for embedding or stifling a gender-sensitive approach in all aspects of public life, as well as the shortcomings of a gender-neutral conceptual understanding of emergencies. The chapter also notes instances in which the pandemic created limited space for innovation and progress. Nevertheless, the chapter ultimately shows that the best-performing countries were those that had long-established and entrenched gender equality policies, practices, and protections in place.

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