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The Gendered Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic:
The Mauritius Context
Policy Priority 3:
Gender RESPONSIVE Evidence Based Policy Making 3.a
Stand guided by evidence with rigorous data to formulate, implement and monitor policies and programmes; namely by conducting studies on: ■
The changing nature of work, and women’s employment in vulnerable sectors
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The Multidimensional Feminisation of Poverty
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The link between SDG 2 (Ending Hunger) and Gender - Women’s Role in Food Security Matters and Access to Nutritious Food (including for pregnant women, mothers and teenage mothers)
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Study on Migrant Workers with a focus on Women Migrant Workers
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Inclusion of a component to measure “telecommuting” in terms of “ability to” and “time on” with sex disaggregation, within the next Time Use Survey
3.b
Ensure that women are an important part of any forthcoming Crisis Response and Preparedness Plan, including in terms of gender equitable allocations of funding within any forthcoming Budget Exercises.
