Hayes Amy Roberson, Lee Diamond
The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler Texas USA.
J Soc Issues. 2022 Jun 17. doi: 10.1111/josi.12510.
The far-reaching, negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted healthcare, economic, public safety, and social systems globally. The public safety measures put in place in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, including sheltering in places orders and shutdowns of schools and places of work, negatively impacted the employment status and increased time spent in domestic work and childcare for women. In this paper, we review and analyze the impacts, both direct and indirect, of COVID-related policies on the lives of women. Specifically, we outline how the progression of policies aimed at addressing both public safety and economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic affected women's health, paid and unpaid work, and wellbeing. We will focus on the impacts of policies implemented in the United States in comparison to policies that were implemented globally to address similar issues during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we conclude with recommendations for policies that could prevent similar disparate impacts on women in future crises.
新冠疫情产生的深远负面影响已波及全球的医疗保健、经济、公共安全和社会体系。美国在新冠疫情期间实施的公共安全措施，包括居家令以及学校和工作场所的关闭，对就业状况产生了负面影响，并增加了女性在家务劳动和育儿方面所花费的时间。在本文中，我们回顾并分析了与新冠疫情相关政策对女性生活的直接和间接影响。具体而言，我们概述了在新冠疫情期间旨在兼顾公共安全和经济复苏的政策进展如何影响了女性的健康、有偿和无偿工作以及福祉。与在新冠疫情头两年全球为解决类似问题而实施的政策相比，我们将重点关注美国实施的政策所产生的影响。最后，我们给出了相关政策建议，以防止在未来危机中对女性产生类似的不同影响。
