Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) insecurity will exacerbate the toll of COVID-19 on women and girls in low-income countries

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1080/15487733.2021.1875682

E. Adams, Y. Adams, Christa Koki

引用次数: 24

Abstract

Abstract The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is having a significant global impact on livelihoods, health, and general well-being. This policy brief argues that in low-income countries (LICs) where water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) insecurity is widespread and closely entangled with poverty and other vulnerabilities, COVID-19 will have a particularly devastating impact on women and girls because they bear the disproportionate burden of water collection, sanitation, hygiene, and family welfare ‒ responsibilities embedded in longstanding sociocultural norms. WASH insecurity refers to the physical and relational inequities in WASH access. Using three pathways ‒ reproductive and perinatal health, cultural norms and the risk of COVID-19 infections, and physical and mental health ‒ we discuss how WASH insecurity will worsen the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in LICs.

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水、环境卫生和个人卫生(WASH)方面的不安全状况将加剧COVID-19对低收入国家妇女和女孩造成的损失

新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行正在对全球生计、健康和总体福祉产生重大影响。本政策简报认为，在低收入国家(LICs)，水、环境卫生和个人卫生(WASH)不安全状况普遍存在，并与贫困和其他脆弱性密切相关，COVID-19将对妇女和女孩产生特别严重的影响，因为她们在收集水、环境卫生、个人卫生和家庭福利方面承担着不成比例的负担，而这些责任根植于长期的社会文化规范中。WASH不安全性是指WASH访问中的物理和关系不平等。我们通过三个途径——生殖和围产期健康、文化规范和COVID-19感染风险以及身心健康——讨论了WASH的不安全将如何加剧COVID-19对低收入国家妇女和女孩的影响。

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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

12.00

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审稿时长

27 weeks

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