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Selected Materials Related to Gendered Impacts of COVID-19
in the Arctic Region and Beyond

Title
Author(s)
Year
Country / Region
Keywords
Publication Type
Publisher
Electronic Source
Young adults' personal concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: an issue for social concern
Ranta, M., Silinskas, G., and Wilska, T. A.
2020
Finland
Young adults, mental well-being, career, economic situation, COVID-19
Journal article
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/pt/covidwho-913380
‘How millions of women became the most essential workers in America’
Robertson, C., and Gebeloff, R.
2020
United States
Essential worker, front lines, women, healthcare system
Newspaper article
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/coronavirus-women-essential-workers.html
The Covid-19 crisis and gender equality: risks and opportunities
Rubery, Jill, and Isabel Tavora
2020
EU
Gendered impacts, lockdown, unpaid work, gender biases, short-term impacts
Report chapter
European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
https://www.etui.org/publications/social-policy-european-union-state-play-2020
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortions and births in Sweden: a mixed-methods study
Hjálmsdóttir, Andrea, and Bjarnadóttir, Valgerður S.
2022
Sweden
COVID-19, reproductive medicine, sexual medicine
Journal article
BMJ open
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35197343/
Concerns in the Norwegian population during the initial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Schou-Bredal, I., Skogstad, L., Grimholt, T. K., Bonsaksen, T., Ekeberg, Ø., and Heir, T.
2021
Norway
Concern, COVID-19, lockdown, population study, survey, worries
Journal article
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8201037/#:~:text=Nearly%20all%20the%204527%20respondents,and%2025.3%25%20expected%20financial%20loss.
The COVID-19 impact on indigenous peoples of the Russian Arctic, Siberia, and the Far East
Schukin, G., Sulyandziga, R., Berezhkov, D., and Sulyandziga, P.
2020
Russia
Indigenous Peoples, COVID-19, Russia
Report
Aborigen-Forum, Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Arctic Consult, and Batani foundation
http:// https://indigenous-russia.com/archives/6552
Sympathy and Empathy in the Time of Coronavirus
Shanker, P.
2020
United States
COVID-19, sympathy, empathy, political debates
Newspaper article
National Review
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-crisis-america-needs-sympathy-empathy/#slide-1
To protect her community, St. Paul mom isolated for 10 weeks before having twins in Anchorage
Stremple, C.
2021
Alaska
COVID-19, Alaska, motherhood, healthcare system, pregnancy, rural communities
Newspaper article
KTOO Public media
https://www.ktoo.org/2021/02/07/to-protect-her-community-st-paul-mom-isolated-for-10-weeks-before-having-twins-in-anchorage/
‘Most mothers don’t have to deal with this’: COVID-19 makes medical travel for pregnant women even harder
Stremple, C.
2021
Alaska
COVID-19, pregnant women, rural and remote communities, births
Newspaper article
Alaska Public Media, PBS, NPR
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/02/04/most-mothers-dont-have-to-deal-with-this-covid-19-makes-medical-travel-for-pregnant-women-even-harder/
Gender-sensitive approach to U.S. crisis communication for COVID-19 and beyond
Subert, M. A.
2020
United States
Gender sensitive, COVID-19, communication, empathy, women's participation
Journal article
Contingencies and Crisis Management
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12325
“Why Are Nations Led by Women Doing Better?”
Taub, A.
2020
Global
Women-led nations, crises, inclusive political institutions, diverse backgrounds and perspectives, male-led governments, gendered expectations
Newspaper article
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/world/coronavirus-women-leaders.html
The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality
Tertilt, M., Alon, T., Olmstead-Rumsey, J., and Doepke, M
2020
United States
Gender equality, economic downturn and recovery, female employment, child care
Working paper
National Bureau of Economic Research
https://doi.org/10.3386/w26947
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