Gender and Health Research Agenda Setting for COVID-19: Initial Results

UNU-IIGH and the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape co-convene a collaborative gender and COVID-19 research agenda-setting exercise. By inviting responses from civil society members, donors, policymakers, implementors and researchers, the aim is to build consensus on research priorities to address a gender transformative health sector response to COVID-19. One that addresses gender biases across various dimensions of the health sector ranging from the bench sciences involved, the nature of healthcare provided across clinics and homes, and the representativeness of COVID policy processes to galvanize feminist action.

A collaborative gender and COVID-19 research agenda-setting exercise

• Emerging priority research questions across the five thematic groups (based on responses received).
• Current needs and implementation strategies of the research priorities, including identification of further partnerships, network-building, resource mobilisation, and research planning.
• Further opportunities to engage and collaborate within the research agenda-setting initiative.

Who is part of it?

This session will have participants and interested colleagues, steering committee, thematic co-leads, and coordinators from the health sector, as well as thematic discussants from diverse stakeholder groups.

WATCH THE WEBINARS

Explore our key events and discussions engaging multi-stakeholder expertise and emerging voices:

• Setting the Agenda for Action | Launch of the Gender & COVID-19 Research Agenda
• Generation Equality Forum Paris 2021: Session “Building a feminist health sector in response to Covid-19”
• Gender & COVID-19 Research Agenda Setting in Asia Pacific: Vaccinations
• Consultation on Gender and COVID-19: Research in Middle East and North Africa
• Thematic Group 1 | Health Status & Behaviour
• Thematic Group 2 | Therapeutics & Diagnostics
• Thematic Group 3 | Health Service Delivery
• Thematic Group 4 | Social Determinants
• Thematic Group 5 | Governance
• Closing Remarks