Resilient women scientists and the COVID-19 pandemic: an OWSD analysis

Tonya Blowers (), Erin Johnson () and Jennifer Thomson ()
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Tonya Blowers: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
Erin Johnson: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
Jennifer Thomson: University of Cape Town (UCT)

Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 2022, vol. 39, issue 1, No 12, 225-248

Abstract: Abstract Pandemics tend to have disruptive and uneven impacts on different population subgroups and across sectors. This paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women scientists from the Global South to understand their resilience and adaptation strategies, utilising data from a survey of women in STEM fields, who are members of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). We employ a mixed-methods approach to examine the effects of the pandemic on the respondents’ work and employment, home and family lives, and mental well-being. We find that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the requirement to change practices in academia, indeed in all spheres of social and economic life, have provided a unique and most timely opportunity to observe, evaluate and revise what might be termed the current gender-limited environment for career progression for researchers in STEM subjects and instead create a gender-transformative environment that will have a profound effect on how scientific research is managed and undertaken in the world.

Keywords: Gender Inequality; Covid-19; OWSD; Resilience; STEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 I10 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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