COVID-19: Gendered Impacts of the Pandemic in Palestine and Implications for Policy and Programming

  • Nader Said-Foqahaa, Mariam Barghouti, and Samer Said

Summary

This Rapid Gender Analysis was conducted in order to: increase the availability of data and analysis on the gendered impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on the affected population in the West Bank and Gaza to inform the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) preparedness efforts, rapid sectoral and multi-sectoral response, knowledge production and advocacy efforts. Some of the questions that were tackled include:

  1. How have the roles of women, girls, men and boys changed since the onset of the crisis? What are the new roles of women, girls, men and boys and how do they interact? How much time do these roles require?
  2. What structures is the community using to make decisions now? Who participates in decision-making spaces?
  3. How have the opportunities that are available and accessible changed, including access to education, employment, livelihoods, health services, legal rights and ownership/ control of assets?
  4. What are the protection and GBV risks facing women, girls, men and boys? How do legal frameworks affect gender and protection needs? What are the needs, capacities and preferences of women, girls, men and boys in the affected population?

Citation

Said-Foqahaa, Nader, Mariam Barghouti, and Samer Said. “COVID-19: Gendered Impacts of the Pandemic in Palestine and Implications for Policy and Programming: Findings of a Rapid Gender Analysis of COVID-19 in Palestine.” The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, April 2020.

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