Gendering the Pandemic: Women's Health Disparities From a Human Rights Perspective.

IF 1.8 3区 哲学 Q2 ETHICS
Health Care Analysis Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-21 DOI:10.1007/s10728-023-00463-x
JhuCin Rita Jhang, Po-Han Lee
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As COVID-19 keeps impacting the world, its impact is felt differently by people of different sexes and genders. International guidelines and research on gender inequalities and women's rights during the pandemic have been published. However, data from Taiwan is lacking. This study aims to fill the gap to increase our knowledge regarding this issue and provide policy recommendations. This study is part of a more extensive project in response to the fourth state report concerning the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Taiwan in 2022. We have drawn on the guidelines and documents published by the United Nations human rights bodies, conducted interviews with advocacy and professional practitioners, and hosted a study group comprising students and teachers from the National Taiwan University College of Public Health to supplement the interview data. The data were analyzed thematically. The results include five themes: (1) particular health risks to carers (primarily women); (2) COVID-related measures' impact on women's health and health behaviors; (3) highly gendered psychological maladjustment; (4) increase in gender-based violence and domestic violence; and (5) mental health inequities and intersectionality. The study has global implications for societies of similar sociopolitical contexts and developmental statuses. To truly live up to the standard of CEDAW and other international human rights principles, we ask that central and local government be more aware of these lived experiences and adjust their policies accordingly, accounting for gender sensitivity.

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大流行病的性别化:从人权角度看妇女的健康差异。
随着 COVID-19 不断影响世界,不同性别的人对其影响的感受也不尽相同。关于大流行期间性别不平等和妇女权利的国际指南和研究已经出版。然而,却缺乏来自台湾的数据。本研究旨在填补这一空白,以增加我们对这一问题的了解并提供政策建议。本研究是为回应 2022 年台湾执行《消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约》第四次国家报告而开展的更广泛项目的一部分。我们参考了联合国人权机构发布的指导方针和文件,对倡导者和专业从业人员进行了访谈,并接待了一个由台湾大学公共卫生学院师生组成的研究小组,以补充访谈数据。对数据进行了专题分析。结果包括五个主题:(1) 照顾者(主要是女性)的特殊健康风险;(2) COVID 相关措施对女性健康和健康行为的影响;(3) 高度性别化的心理不适应;(4) 基于性别的暴力和家庭暴力的增加;(5) 心理健康的不平等和交叉性。这项研究对具有类似社会政治背景和发展状况的社会具有全球性影响。为了真正达到《消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约》和其他国际人权原则的标准,我们要求中央和地方政府更多地了解这些生活经历,并相应地调整政策,考虑到性别敏感性。
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期刊介绍: Health Care Analysis is a journal that promotes dialogue and debate about conceptual and normative issues related to health and health care, including health systems, healthcare provision, health law, public policy and health, professional health practice, health services organization and decision-making, and health-related education at all levels of clinical medicine, public health and global health. Health Care Analysis seeks to support the conversation between philosophy and policy, in particular illustrating the importance of conceptual and normative analysis to health policy, practice and research. As such, papers accepted for publication are likely to analyse philosophical questions related to health, health care or health policy that focus on one or more of the following: aims or ends, theories, frameworks, concepts, principles, values or ideology. All styles of theoretical analysis are welcome providing that they illuminate conceptual or normative issues and encourage debate between those interested in health, philosophy and policy. Papers must be rigorous, but should strive for accessibility – with care being taken to ensure that their arguments and implications are plain to a broad academic and international audience. In addition to purely theoretical papers, papers grounded in empirical research or case-studies are very welcome so long as they explore the conceptual or normative implications of such work. Authors are encouraged, where possible, to have regard to the social contexts of the issues they are discussing, and all authors should ensure that they indicate the ‘real world’ implications of their work. Health Care Analysis publishes contributions from philosophers, lawyers, social scientists, healthcare educators, healthcare professionals and administrators, and other health-related academics and policy analysts.
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