abstract: 'The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women and

  threatens to overturn four decades of progress in Sustainable

  Development Goal (SDG) 5: Gender Equality and Women''s Empowerment. To

  better grasp the key areas of concern that gender inequality exists,

  gender studies and sex-disaggregated evidence are required. Using the

  PRISMA technique, this review paper is the first attempt to present a

  comprehensive and current picture of the gendered di-mensions of the

  COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh regarding economic well-being, resource

  endowments, and agency. This study found that women were more likely to

  face hardship as widows, mothers, or sole breadwinners after the loss of

  husbands and male household members because of the pandemic. The

  evidence suggests that the advancement of women during this pandemic was

  hampered by poor reproductive health outcomes; girls'' dropping out of

  school; job loss; less income; a comparable wage gap; a lack of social

  security; unpaid work burnout; increased emotional, physical, and sexual

  abuse; an increase in child marriages; and less participation in

  leadership and decision-making. Our study found inadequate

  sex-disaggregated data and gender studies on COVID-19 in Bangladesh.

  However, our research concludes that policies must account for gender

  disparities and male and female vulnerability across multiple dimensions

  to achieve inclusive and effective pandemic prevention and recovery.'
affiliation: 'Sarkar, MAR (Corresponding Author), Bangladesh Rice Res Inst BRRI, Agr
  Econ Div, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

  Sarker, Mou Rani, Int Rice Res Inst IRRI, Sustainable Impact Platform, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf, Bangladesh Rice Res Inst BRRI, Agr Econ Div, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

  Alam, Mohammad Jahangir, Bangladesh Agr Univ BAU, Dept Agribusiness \& Mkt, Mymensingh,
  Bangladesh.

  Begum, Ismat Ara, Bangladesh Agr Univ BAU, Dept Agr Econ, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

  Bhandari, Humnath, Int Rice Res Inst IRRI, Impact Policy \& Foresight Dept, Dhaka,
  Bangladesh.'
article-number: e13773
author: Sarker, Mou Rani and Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf and Alam, Mohammad Jahangir and
  Begum, Ismat Ara and Bhandari, Humnath
author-email: mdrouf\_bau@yahoo.com
author_list:
- family: Sarker
  given: Mou Rani
- family: Sarkar
  given: Md Abdur Rouf
- family: Alam
  given: Mohammad Jahangir
- family: Begum
  given: Ismat Ara
- family: Bhandari
  given: Humnath
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13773
earlyaccessdate: FEB 2023
eissn: 2405-8440
files: []
journal: HELIYON
keywords: COVID-19; Gender; Economic outcome; Agency; Bangladesh
keywords-plus: MENTAL-HEALTH; WOMEN; VIOLENCE; VULNERABILITY; CRISIS; LIFE; CARE
language: English
month: FEB
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '185'
orcid-numbers: 'Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf/0000-0002-5926-3863

  Begum, Ismat Ara/0000-0002-9953-4138

  Bhandari, Humnath/0000-0002-0570-9727'
papis_id: d1b7799279ce02d51e47da1aa6f73de2
ref: Sarker2023systemsthinking
researcherid-numbers: 'Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf/C-3769-2014

  '
tags:
- review
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Systems thinking on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A systematic
  review'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000969433200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '9'
web-of-science-categories: Multidisciplinary Sciences
year: '2023'