abstract: 'The COVID-19 pandemic has been a multifaceted crisis, impacting health,

  the economy, policy and society at large, and also resulting in a

  humanitarian crisis. These crises have impacted everyone, although the

  effects have been unevenly distributed, leading to further disadvantage

  and marginalisation for those who were already vulnerable and

  marginalised. The pandemic laid bare and intensified pre-existing gender

  inequalities in many aspects of life, from the labor market and

  educational opportunities to health and social protection systems. The

  unequal impacts on women and men have been observed in the economy and

  employment, in domestic work and care, in physical and mental health,

  and in violence. The collection of articles in this special issue

  critically interrogates these key issues relat-ing to the impact of the

  pandemic on gender equality in Europe, highlighting exacerbated gender

  inequalities, policy responses and the potential for a gender-responsive

  recovery. This special issue brings together a collection of eight

  articles that investigate various aspects of gender inequality

  exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that explore potential

  pathways towards achieving greater gender equality in the post-pandemic

  world. They summarise the findings and contributions of several social

  scientists and also of two EU funded projects: RESISTIRe (GA 101015990)

  and GEARING Roles (GA 824536). The articles are structured around five

  main themes: labor market disparities, education and skill development,

  social and political responses, post-pandemic opportunities, and care.

  Each article contributes unique insights, empirical findings and policy

  recommendations from a feminist perspective to enrich the ongoing

  discourse on gender equality. Together, the articles show the necessity

  of feminist analysis of crisis, and reveal the structural roots of

  inequalities while simultaneously emphasising the necessity for

  transformative action to address inequalities.'
affiliation: 'Belloso, ML (Corresponding Author), Univ Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.

  Belloso, Marfa Lopez, Univ Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.

  Strid, Sofia, Univ Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.'
article-number: e3243
author: Belloso, Marfa Lopez and Strid, Sofia
author-email: 'mlbelloso@deusto.es

  sofia.strid@gu.se'
author_list:
- family: Belloso
  given: Marfa Lopez
- family: Strid
  given: Sofia
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.5565/rev/papers.3243
eissn: 2013-9004
files: []
issn: 0210-2862
journal: PAPERS-REVISTA DE SOCIOLOGIA
keywords: 'care; COVID-19; crisis; decision-making; economy; education; gender;

  gender equality; policy responses; violence'
language: English
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '30'
orcid-numbers: Lopez Belloso, Maria/0000-0003-4857-2967
papis_id: 1ee06212031e59b476f08933a69be03a
ref: Belloso2023navigatingpandemic
researcherid-numbers: Lopez Belloso, Maria/HQZ-3345-2023
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Navigating the pandemic: Gendered perspectives on vulnerability, resilience
  and institutional change in times of crisis'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:001031305700003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '0'
volume: '108'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2023'