How Race and Gender Shape COVID-19 Unemployment Probability

Gezici, Armaǧan; Özay, Özge

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“…Similarly, while women did 45 percent more housework than men before the pandemic, they now do 48 percent more housework than men (Oreffice and Quintana-Domeque 2020). Similar asymmetric observations have been made in the United States, with racialized women being the highest population to be unemployed as a result of the pandemic (Gezici and Ozay 2020).…”

Section: Women Experience a Decrease In Financial Opportunitiessupporting

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Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

Ceia¹,

Nothwehr²,

Wagner³

2021

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This report employs an intersectional feminist framework to identify and analyze key trends related to gender and technology. It aims to provide a holistic picture of how gender and technology are embedded in and influenced by a myriad of intersecting issues and challenges that complicate how ICT for development (ICT4D) initiatives concretely impact women’s lives. Based on synthesized research, the report provides recommendations for relevant stakeholders on how to approach the field of international development using technology as a tool for social good in ways that benefit the most marginalized members of our global community.

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Section: Women Experience a Decrease In Financial Opportunitiessupporting

confidence: 73%

Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

Ceia¹,

Nothwehr²,

Wagner³

2021

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“…Increasing unemployment during the pandemic shutdown among those already living in poverty may have further reduced access to health insurance, while school closures led to competing demands at home. 5 In addition, limited access to health and screening services among rural women may have increased during the pandemic. 6 To address the decline in breast cancer screening during the pandemic, there is a need to address barriers to screening, especially for higher-risk women.…”

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Socioeconomic and Racial Inequities in Breast Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Washington State

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted preventive care, including cancer screening. Studies from the United States and Europe have shown that cancer screening dropped dramatically during the pandemic, 1,2 with breast cancer screening and diagnostic mammograms falling by 58% and 38%, respectively. 1,2 A United Kingdom modeling study estimated that delayed and missed screenings would likely increase breast cancer deaths, a leading cancer among women, by 7.9% to 9.6%. 2,3 The adverse impact of COVID-19 on screening may differ among sociodemographic groups, given the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on underserved racial and ethnic groups and other vulnerable population groups. 4 In this report, we used clinical data to examine differences in breast cancer screenings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic overall and among sociodemographic population groups. Methods DataData included completed screening mammograms within a large statewide nonprofit community health care system in Washington State between April 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020. This health care system included more than 230 primary care, specialty care, and urgent care clinics, and 8 hospitals across Washington State. The MultiCare institutional review board approved this study protocol and granted waivers of individual consent based on removal of individually identifying data. This study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) reporting guideline. Measures and Statistical AnalysisSociodemographic data included patients' race and ethnicity, insurance, and zip code of residence.Rural-urban commuting area codes differentiated between urban vs rural residence. Inclusion criteria included women who had at least 1 screening mammogram within the health system in 2018 or 2019.Frequency analysis and χ 2 tests were performed using a significance level of P < .05 to test for differences in screening in 2019 and 2020. Testing was 2-sided. Statistical analysis was performed using R statistical software version 4.03 (R Project for Statistical Computing). ResultsAmong the 55 678 screenings in April to December 2019, 45 572 patients were non-Hispanic White (81.8%), 54 620 patients lived in urban areas (98.1%), and 22 761 patients were commercially insured (40.9%); the mean (SD) age was 62.0 (11.3) years. From 2019 to the same period in 2020, there was a 49% decrease in screenings (55 678 screenings in 2019 vs 27 522 screenings in 2020), with some differences apparent in the demographic characteristics between the 2 years (Table ). We observed greater and significant reductions in the number of screenings from 2019 to 2020 for women who were Hispanic (1727 vs 619; −64.2%), American Indian/Alaska Native (215 vs 84; −60.9%), mixed race Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article.

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“…Over 2,900 health care workers have died from COVID-19, and nurses—a job disproportionately held by women—are among those most vulnerable ( Jewett et al, 2020 ). Meanwhile, women are more likely to be unemployed than men, and Latinx women have the highest rates of unemployment followed by Black women ( Gezici & Ozay, 2020 ). The dire consequences of the private equity takeover during the pandemic have been uneven according to race, immigration, gender, and social class, because of inequality in the labor market and the commoditization of health care.…”

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Profiting on Crisis: How Predatory Financial Investors Have Worsened Inequality in the Coronavirus Crisis

Neely

Carmichael

2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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A once-in-a-century pandemic has sparked an unprecedented health and economic crisis. Less examined is how predatory financial investors have shaped the crisis and profited from it. We examine how U.S. shadow banks, such as private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund firms, have affected hardship and inequality during the crisis. First, we identify how these investors helped to hollow out the health care industry and disenfranchise the low-wage service sector, putting frontline workers at risk. We then outline how, as the downturn unfolds, shadow banks are shifting their investments in ways that profit on the misfortunes of frontline workers, vulnerable populations, and distressed industries. After the pandemic subsides and governments withdraw stimulus support, employment will likely remain insecure, many renters will face evictions, and entire economic sectors will need to rebuild. Shadow banks are planning accordingly to profit from the fallout of the crisis. We argue that this case reveals how financial investors accumulate capital through private and speculative investments that exploit vulnerabilities in the economic system during a time of crisis. To conclude, we consider the prospects for change and inequality over time.

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How Race and Gender Shape COVID-19 Unemployment Probability

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Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

Gender and Technology: A rights-based and intersectional analysis of key trends

Socioeconomic and Racial Inequities in Breast Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Washington State

Profiting on Crisis: How Predatory Financial Investors Have Worsened Inequality in the Coronavirus Crisis

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