Guides: Pandemics and Intellectual Discourse: Inequalities

Policy Reports

COVID-19 hits people with intellectual disabilities hard
A report from the World Economic Forum that discusses how COVID-19 disproportionately impacts people with intellectual disabilities.
Anti-Asian racism is on the rise. This is what it feels like
An article from the World Economic Forum describing how COVID-19 has led to an increase in racism and xenophobia directed at those of Asian descent.
What risks does COVID-19 pose to society in the long-term?
An article from the WCF discussing the potential long-term societal impacts and consequences the pandemic could have for us.

Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This policy brief from the World Bank discusses how experiences from previous pandemics and large-scale shocks show that these crises often affect men and women differently. Greater gender equality will depend on how gender considerations are reflected in the examination of potential impacts of and responses to COVID-19.

Gender and COVID-19
This Gender and COVID-19 Advocacy Brief from W.H.O. recommends taking account of how gender interacts with other areas of inequality, the brief provides key considerations in relation to disaggregated data, violence against women and children, sexual and reproductive health and rights, the health and social workforce, health equity and vulnerable groups, and stigma and discrimination.
COVID-19 and violence against women What the health sector/system can do
This document from W.H.O. brings attention to the different ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic and measures to address it, such as staying at home, may exacerbate the risk of domestic violence against women.
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It highlights the importance of ensuring that support and medical care services for women and children affected by such violence are maintained and what health providers/services can do

COVID-19: Are we all in this together?

UN DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

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COVID-19 and the Social Sciences
These pieces from the Social Science Research Council call attention to how social research can shed light on the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic and what can be done to improve responses, both now and in the future
Society after Pandemic
The Social Science Research Council's President, Alondra Nelson, asks how do the social conditions exposed, exacerbated, and created by the novel coronavirus demand that we substantively rethink our ideas of society and, therefore, some of the prevailing assumptions of social science?
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COVID-19 Research
Health scares and disease outbreaks have been accompanied by misinformation narratives throughout history, and the outbreak of novel coronavirus in late 2019 is no exception. This research topic explores intersections between misinformation, science, fear, and public health.
How Harmful Stereotypes and Racism are Spreading Around the Coronavirus
A Time magazine article from February 3rd in which writer, Jasmine Aguilera, reports on the stereotyping of people of Asian descent that has grown as news spreads of the rising numbers of cases of the coronavirus.