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Book SynopsisThe shift from response to recovery is now noticeable as the world moves past the paralyzing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book explores responses to the pandemic by international, regional, and local institutions, multilateral action, and crisis prevention efforts at different levels of governance, with a specific focus on the situation of women and children. The contributions in this volume address novel topics and expand the analysis to the different challenges faced by women and children, linking these to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, to create a holistic view of the true impact of the pandemic. The focus on international and regional cooperation provides further insights on how management of the COVID-19-induced crisis can be altered and improved. Immediate effects of the pandemic were focused on healthcare, but long-term and knock-on effects spread to different societal sectors and must be analyzed to ensure they will be addressed and, ultimately, resolved.
Table of Contents1. Introduction (Amy Blessing and Irini Iacovidou)2. Leaving No One Behind: Development Financial Institutions and Gender Lens Investing in Sub-Saharan Africa (Amy Blessing)3. Women and Children: International Institutions and Reponses to COVID-19 (Madeleine O. Hosli)4. Eradicating Child Labour amidst Global Crises (Moona Hoppula)5. Crisis Management in Southeast Asia: Women, Violent Extremism and COVID-19 (Aude Gregory-Billet)6. Preventing a knock-on pandemic: how the world’s biggest children's charity responded to the virus that doesn't make children sick (Chiara Orlassino)7. Falling through the Cracks: Challenges to the Education of Refugee Children during Covid-19 (Anna Saischek)8. COVID-19 & the Digital Divide: Responding to the South Asian Digital Divide in the Education Sector (Himanshi Sharma and Irini Iacovidou)9. Increased Domestic Violence in Europe: A Shadow Pandemic (Solène Zumsteeg)10. School’s Out Forever? The effect of COVID-19 on educational opportunities for women and girls in the Global South (Alanna O’Malley)11. Women’s Empowerment: Analyzing Ethiopia’s Amhara National Regional State (Tesfanesh Tadesse, Abebech Chekol, Taglo Layew, Walelign Awoke)12. COVID-19 in the Americas: Challenges in the Institutionalisation of the Gender Equality Agenda (Gabriela Meneghetti Godinho Bueno and Luiza Martins Santos)13. Conclusions (Amy Blessing and Irini Iacovidou)
