COVID Module Question 8

Do published documents and information about the emergency fiscal policy package under consideration include, where relevant, disaggregated information by gender?

Guidelines
The COVID pandemic affects women and men differently. It is important for governments to consider and address this in their policy responses. This question asks whether the government published, as part of their emergency fiscal policy package, information on programs, policies, or resource allocations to foster gender equality and women’s empowerment. This could be in the form of comprehensive gender impact assessments of key policy initiatives, or at least publication of disaggregated data by sex for key policy initiatives that may have a differential impact on women and men. It could also take the form of adopting policy initiatives specifically targeted at women, such as social protection measures for certain categories of women (i.e. women heads of households) or labor market measures for female-dominated sectors (i.e. domestic work).

See this UNDP/UN Women Global Factsheet on the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker for examples of gender-targeted policy initiatives. Canada's Economic and Fiscal Snapshot 2020 includes an Annex (pages 83-117) with a gender-based analysis of the Government's Covid-19 Economic Response Plan.

Tick boxes: ''Please check the boxes of the items that appear in the relevant documentation. If none of the items are presented, please check ‘None of the Above’. In the comment box, please provide a detailed citation for each item selected below as described in the assessment directions as well as any additional details.''


 * ☐  Gender Impact Assessments of key policy initiatives
 * ☐  Disaggregated data by sex for key policy initiatives
 * ☐  Policy initiatives specifically targeted at women
 * ☐  Other (please specify)
 * ☐  None of the above

Should researchers only reference documents produced by the executive?
No. Researchers can use any documents produced by any public entity to answer the questions, at least to start with. We can then, when analyzing the results, decide whether these "count" or not. If you have any questions or concerns regarding a particular document, please bring it to the team.