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CARE + UN Women Rapid Gender Analysis CARE + UN Women Rapid Gender Analysis © Sankalpa Acharya/CARE India /UN Women Ryan Brown Ryan © LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN RAPID GENDER ANALYSIS FOR COVID-19 Table of Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Key Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background Information to the COVID-19 Crisis in LAC ................................................................................................ 9 1.2 Rapid Gender Analysis: Objectives and Methodology ................................................................................................. 10 2. Demographic Profile ............................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Sex and Age Disaggregated Data ................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Demographic Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Sex Disaggregated Data for COVID-19 ........................................................................................................................... 12 3. Findings and Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 3.1 Gender Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................ 13 Division of Domestic Labour and Unpaid Care Work ........................................................................................................... 13 Income and Paid Work ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2. Needs and Vulnerabilities of Specific, At-Risk Groups ............................................................................................... 17 Domestic Workers ................................................................................................................................................................ 17 LGBTIQ+ People .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Women and Girls ............................................................................................................ 19 3.3 Decision-Making, Participation, and Leadership ........................................................................................................... 20 3.4 Health, Including Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) ..................................................................... 21 Health ................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Women as Health Workers .................................................................................................................................................. 22 Sexual and Reproductive Health .......................................................................................................................................... 23 3.5 Access to Services and Resources ................................................................................................................................ 23 Human Mobility .................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Access to Information and Technology ................................................................................................................................ 25 3.6 Safety and Protection ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Gender Based Violence ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Human Trafficking ................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Safety ................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Xenophobia and Violence .................................................................................................................................................... 29 Confinement and Detainment .............................................................................................................................................. 29 Sexual Exploitation ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.7 Capacity and Coping Mechanisms ................................................................................................................................. 31 3.8 Specific Sectors Issues ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Shelter .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 WASH – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene .............................................................................................................................. 33 Food Security ....................................................................................................................................................................... 34 5. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 35 6. Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Priority Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Sectoral Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................. 39 Health, including Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights ............................................................................................ 39 Gender Based Violence ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 Protection ............................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Livelihoods and Income Generation ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Food Security ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Shelter .................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Primary Authors .......................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Resources and Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................................... 45 May 2020: CARE + UN Women – LAC Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19 2 Abbreviations GBV Gender-Based Violence ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ICT Information and Communications Technology IPV Intimate Partner Violence
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