Less Equality and More Risks: The Global COVID-19 Impact on Women and Girls

Abstract

Before the global COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls faced significant inequalities. Result of the pandemics fast spread, increasing variables widened the gender gap and affected gender equality. It has increased disputes, crises, and barriers for women and girls, including imbalanced house-care work, severe gender-based violence, and the digital gender divide. This article illustrates the global gender inequality during the pandemic to highlight the severity of the gender gap and the importance of ensuring equal rights for women and girls. According to the articles findings, the protection of womens and girls rights was greatly affected by the blockade policy, school closures, and the reduction of NGO services due to COVID-19. In addition, the shortage of digital knowledge and development resources further exposed women and girls to higher social risks. As a result, gender gaps and inequalities are aggregated, creating social conflict worldwide. Through this papers further exploration of the key issues that led to the reversal of gender equality during COVID-19, the study aims to bring attention to the relevant backlashes of this particular period of gender equality and also targets to provide insightful reflections on those problems the world still face in future normalization society. This will allow researchers to intervene in the future in relation to each of the main priorities presented in this article to improve gender inequality in many ways.