Category: Migration and Gender (/site/en/categor%C3%ADas-blog/migration-and-gender) Author: Guest Contributor (/site/en/autores/guest-contributor) The impacts and implications of the COVID-19 coronavirus are different for men and women and may create greater inequalities for people who are in vulnerable positions, such as migrants, according to UN Women. Organizations around the world are aware of this inequality and have warned about the urgent need to look at existing realities from gender and intersectional perspectives that allow for the identification of these inequalities and, at the same time, incorporate greater protection and assistance to more vulnerable populations in response plans. Among the specific risks that the pandemic has entailed for the migrant population, particularly for women, are: Job insecurity, exploitation, and socio-economic impacts: According to the IOM's World Migration Report 2020 (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/wmr_2020.pdf#page=232), migrant women represent around 74% of the service industry, which includes domestic work, and in many cases experience job insecurity. A significant portion of their income goes towards supporting their families in their countries of origin. During the COVID-19 outbreak, mobility and travel restrictions are jeopardizing the income of migrant women, particularly domestic workers (http://americalatinagenera.org/newsite/images/cdr-documents/2020/04/PNUD_GENERO_COVID19__ESP_FINAL_ok_5.pdf). Furthermore, the impact of the employment crisis under COVID-19 may disproportionately affect less protected population groups, such as women and migrants. (https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/briefingnote/wcms_738753.pdf) In "Gender Proposal for Latin America and the Caribbean for a Response and Recovery with Gender Equality", UNDP indicated that during a health crisis with implications for the mobility of people, such as COVID-19, migrant women who are domestic workers, and especially those that are irregular, become more dependent on their employers and are further removed from social protection services. Even when the isolation from the health crisis ends, the economic consequences can expose women to sexual exploitation (https://eca.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/4/whydo-we-still-need-to-talk-about-gender-equality-in-the-shadow-of-the-covid19-pandemic), which occurred in the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016.
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Извор: WUNRN – 10.05.2020
06 May 2020 - The risk of cyber child exploitation has grown dramatically as populations worldwide are forced to spend more time at home and online.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on internet usage. Home is the new hub. Since mid-January 2020, online traffic has increased by over 25% – the fastest usage increase since the internet was developed. This has brought hundreds of millions of schoolchildren into online classrooms overnight. It has also led to increased risks of online child exploitation.
Even before the pandemic, every law-enforcement agency worldwide was massively overworked. Available resources did not match the needs. Each case had to be triaged, which inevitably meant many were not addressed. Police resources were reserved largely for the most egregious cases, leaving a constant stream of offenders untouched. In other words, the pandemic has increased the pressures on systems that were already severely strained.
Current evidence from police reports produced by INTERPOL member countries, as well as international child-protection organizations and activist groups that monitor the ‘dark web’, indicates sexual predators who target children are organizing among themselves to exploit the opportunities presented by the COVID-19 lockdown.
This brief highlights emerging trends and impacts of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls facilitated by information and communications technology (ICT). It provides examples of strategies and practices put in place to prevent and respond to online and ICT-facilitated violence against women and girls. It also considers the impact of the pandemic on violence against women and girls in a reality shaped by a gender digital divide.
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Извор: WUNRN – 05.05.2020
