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Gender and COVID-19: Workers in global value chains.

Sheba Tejani¹, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr²

¹International Development Department University of Birmingham.

International Labour Review

|September 22, 2021

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected women in global value chains (GVCs), exposing and amplifying their existing vulnerabilities in business process outsourcing, garment, and electronics industries.

Keywords:

COVID‐19 business process outsourcing electronics industry garment industry gender global value chains women workers

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Area of Science:

Socioeconomic impacts of global health crises
Gender studies in global value chains
Labor economics and industrial sociology

Background:

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented disruptions globally.
Global value chains (GVCs) involve complex international production networks.
Pre-existing gender inequalities often place women in more vulnerable positions within labor markets.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a framework for analyzing the gendered impact of COVID-19 on workers in GVCs.
To distinguish between health and lockdown effects, and supply- and demand-related impacts of the pandemic.
To examine how social norms and power structures exacerbate gender inequalities within GVCs.

Main Methods:

A gendered analytical framework was applied to the business process outsourcing, garment, and electronics industries.
Analysis considered multidimensional aspects of well-being, encompassing production and social reproduction.
The study differentiated between pandemic-related health effects, lockdown measures, supply-side shocks, and demand-side contractions.

Main Results:

The pandemic's health and lockdown effects had distinct gendered impacts.
Supply- and demand-related economic shocks amplified existing gender inequalities.
Women workers in GVCs experienced heightened vulnerabilities across analyzed sectors.

Conclusions:

The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on GVCs is deeply gendered.
Existing social norms and power structures significantly shape women's vulnerability.
The findings underscore the need for gender-sensitive policies within GVCs to mitigate future crises.