The coronavirus pandemic and its challenges to women’s work in Latin America

Diana Gutiérrez, Guillermina Martin and Hugo Ñopo

Documentos de Investigación from Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)

Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic has spread throughout the world and Latin America has not been exempt from its health, economic and social impacts. The economic shutdown, as a result of a combination of stringent measures (self-quarantines, mandatory lockdowns, limited capacity in shops, factories and offices, border closures, etc.), is having a profound economic and social impact. In the labor market it has shocked both supply and demand. Within households, it has resulted in an increase in the unpaid workload, burdening women disproportionately, further reducing the time they can allocate to productive activities. The crisis’s impacts and depth are felt differently by they can widen existing gender gaps. In this paper, the authors explore the impacts of the crisis on employment in sixteen countries in the region. In addition, they analize gender impacts through four lenses: young people, people living in poverty, people living in rural areas and heads of the family. Researchers present a set of policy option aimed at integrating the gender approach into the entire pandemic world. Emphasizing the need for cross-sectional solutions, the authors propose policies in three main areas: the home, work and the spaces between work and home. This will enable socio-economic recovery policies to not only soften short-term impacts, but also further equal opportunities for women and men in the medium and long terms.

Keywords: COVID-19; Trabajo; Empleo de las mujeres; Mujeres; Work; Women's employment; Women; Perú; Peru (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 82 pages
Date: 2020
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Note: Documentos de Investigación, 111
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