Understanding gendered experiences and impacts of Covid-19 in Pakistan | Institute of Development Studies
Cluster leader and Research Fellow The lived experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic are starkly divided along gender lines, and the pandemic has already exacerbated gender inequalities within the home and in the labour market across countries. Building on our previous work to understand gender gaps in democratic accountability in Pakistan, which centres on the role of household inequality, we are conducting research to understand the gendered nature of lived experiences and impacts of the pandemic in one of Pakistan’s major metropolitan cities: Lahore. We hope the findings can inform a gende...