REPORT: Gender and migration during the COVID-19 pandemic 

Kambouri, N. (2022) Gender and Migration during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Athens: Centre for Gender Studies

 

International:

Akbulut, K.K. (2021, January 18). COVID-19 Pandemic Makes LGBT Lives in Turkey More Difficult. BalkanInsight. Retrieved from: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/01/18/covid-pandemic-makes-lgbt-lives-in-turkey-more-difficult/

American Psychological Association. (2020, June 29). How COVID-19 impacts sexual and gender minorities. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/sexual-gender-minorities?fbclid=IwAR0mehBElLmpjcf4kwrR9YVMzL66E3kw38HuEQx92crItHY6LzX1tR40T1E

Barrientos, J., Guzmán-González, M., Urzúa, A., & Ulloa, F. (2021). Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on LGBT people in Chile. Sexologies, 30(1), e35–e41. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833860/

Carter, K. (2021, April 30). Researchers involve communities of color in examination of COVID-19 disparities. American Psychological Association. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/members/content/covid-19-disparities?fbclid=IwAR1LzSh87L2srGxtruE0-A4WJDlGpbpfMqsZLxs0Dmrg0nCx_I1yiy3hXcY

Chatzipanagiotou, K., Akoni, S., Sandilya, H.,& Morsheimer, S. (2021, July 1). A systemic analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Cyprus. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung e.V. Retrieved from: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/zypern/18006.pdf

Dawson, L., Kirzinger, A., & Kates, J. (2021, March 11). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBT people. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved from: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-lgbt-people/

Dawson, L., McGough, M., Kirzinger, A.,  Sparks, G., Rae, M., Young , G., & Kates J. (2021). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBT+ People’s Mental Health. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved from: https://www.kff.org/other/issue-brief/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-lgbt-peoples-mental-health/

File, T., & Marshall , H. (2021, August 11). Household Pulse Survey Shows LGBT Adults More Likely to Report Living in Households with Food and Economic Insecurity than Non-LGBT Respondents. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved from: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/08/lgbt-community-harder-hit-by-economic-impact-of-pandemic.html

Ghezelbash, D., & Tan, N.F. (2020). The end of the right to seek asylum? : COVID-19 and the future of refugee protection. European University Institute. Retrieved from: https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/68175/RSCAS%202020_55.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Heslin, K., & Hall J. (2021). Sexual Orientation Disparities in Risk Factors for Adverse COVID-19–Related Outcomes, by Race/Ethnicity — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2017–2019. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 70(5), 149–154. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7005a1. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7005a1-H.pdf

Hennebry, J. & Hari K.C. (2020). Quarantined! Xenophobia and migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Organization for Migration (IOM). Geneva. Retrieved from: https://publications.iom.int/books/covid-19-and-transformation-migration-and-mobility-globally-quarantined-xenophobia-and

Human Rights Campaign. (2020). The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ Community. Retrieved from: https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/COVID19-EconomicImpact-IssueBrief-042220.pdf

Human Rights Campaign. (2020). The Lives and Livelihoods of Many in the LGBTQ Community are at Risk Amidst COVID-19 Crisis. Retrieved from: https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/assets/resources/COVID19-IssueBrief-032020-FINAL.pdf?mtime=20200811115717&focal=none

Innovation to Inclusion. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people with disabilities. Retrieved from: https://www.edf-feph.org/content/uploads/2020/12/i2i-covid19-survey-accessible.pdf

LGBTQ Employees and the COVID-19 Pandemic. (2021). Out & Equal- Workplace Advocates. Retrieved from: https://outandequal.org/covid19-lgbtq/

Madrigal-Borloz, V. (2020, 28 July). Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. United Nations General Assembly. A/75/258. Retrieved from: https://undocs.org/en/A/75/258

McGowan V.J., Lowther H.J., Meads C. Life under COVID-19 for LGBT+ people in the UK: systematic review of UK research on the impact of COVID-19 on sexual and gender minority populations. BMJ Open, 11:e050092. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050092. Retrieved from: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/11/7/e050092.full.pdf      

Migration data relevant for the COVID-19 pandemic. (2022). IOMS’s Global Migration Data Portal. Retrieved from: https://www.migrationdataportal.org/themes/migration-data-relevant-covid-19-pandemic

Mixed Migration Centre. (2022). COVID-19 and social and economic rights of migrants in Mali: Analysis of 4Mi data collected in Mali between July 2020 and January 2021. Retrieved from: https://mixedmigration.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/210_COVID-19_social_economic_rights_of_migrants_in_Mali_updated.pdf

Mukumbang, F.C. (2020). Are asylum seekers, refugees and foreign migrants considered in the COVID-19 vaccine discourse? BMJ Global Health 5:e004085. Retrieved from: https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/5/11/e004085.full.pdf

Mukumbang, F.C., Ambe, A.N. & Adebiyi, B.O (2020). Unspoken inequality: how COVID-19 has exacerbated existing vulnerabilities of asylum-seekers, refugees, and undocumented migrants in South Africa. International Journal for Equity in Health 19, 141. Retrieved from: https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-020-01259-4

Örgen, A., Yayla, D., & Yücel, Ş.Y. (2020). The State of the LGBTI+ Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic Research Report. Genç LGBTİ+ Derneği. Retrieved from: https://genclgbti.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/covid-report.pdf

Plan International. (2020). GOING HUNGRY: The impacts of COVID-19 on girls and young women. Retrieved from: https://plan-international.org/publications/going-hungry#download-options

Sanchez, G., Achilli, L. (2020). Stranded: the impacts of COVID-19 on irregular migration and migrant smuggling. European University Institute. Retrieved from: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/97565e00-e134-11ea-ad25-01aa75ed71a1/language-en  

Salerno, J. P., Devadas, J., Pease, M., Nketia, B., & Fish, J. N. (2020). Sexual and Gender Minority Stress Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for LGBTQ Young Persons’ Mental Health and Well-Being. Public Health Reports, 135(6), 721–727. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354920954511. Retrieved from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0033354920954511?fbclid=IwAR0COIl-zE1wiq8kdxv3Du3sq_xyKgAo4x6xjVl9DVUuKjXrpNcL263UxGU#

Santillana, M. (2021, June 17). The impact of Covid-19 on migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). Retrieved from: https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/impact-covid-19-migrants-asylum-seekers-and-refugees

Sears, B., Conron, K., & Flores, A. (2021). The Impact of the Fall 2020 COVID-19 Surge on LGBT Adults in the US. The Williams Institute. Retrieved from: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/covid-surge-lgbt/

Shimizutani, S. & Yamada, E. (2021). Resilience against the pandemic: The impact of COVID-19 on migration and household welfare in Tajikistan. PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257469. Retrieved from: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257469

Schneider, H. (2020, October 7). Women of colour are worst affected by the U.S. COVID-19 labour shock. World Economic Forum. Retrieved from: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/10/united-states-female-employment-covid19/?fbclid=IwAR0fG6XNy65u6cangvju0XUuEkUGPvu2OpvC6o-jHR3QAd6hc9b7FTpJAeo

Shullman, S., & Evans Jr., A. (2020, April 27). COVID-19 Does Discriminate-  It Targets the Most Vulnerable. American Psychological Association. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/news/press/op-eds/covid-19-discriminate-vulnerable?fbclid=IwAR2KBu6stbAU-Mw1vTbKaXB3qyhzu3PUCSWPsjpb57HQ4TFlg1iSotiljvU

The Human Rights Campaign. (2021). COVID-19 and the LGBTQ Community: Vaccinations and the Economic Toll of the Pandemic. Retrieved from: https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/documents/COVID-Vaccines-Brief-030821.pdf

UNHCR. (2021). Refugees and the Impact of COVID-19. Retrieved from: https://www.unhcr.org/events/campaigns/5fc1262e4/refugees-and-the-impact-of-covid-19.html

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. (2021, October 1). COVID-19 threatens four ‘lost decades’ for gender equality. Retrieved from: https://unctad.org/news/covid-19-threatens-four-lost-decades-gender-equality

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).(2020). Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Refugees in the Arab Region. Retrieved from: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—arabstates/—ro-beirut/documents/publication/wcms_764756.pdf

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). (2021). A Pandemic of Exclusion. The impact of COVID-19 on the human rights of migrants in Libya. Retrieved from: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/A_pandemic_of_exclusion.pdf

Walking the talk: supporting young LGBTIQ+ people in our COVID-19. (2020). Plan International. Retrieved from: https://plan-international.org/publications/walking-talk-young-lgbtiq

WHO. (2020). ApartTogether survey- Preliminary Overview of Refugees and Migrants Self-Reported Impact of Covid-19. Retrieved from: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/337931/9789240017924-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

World Bank. (2020). COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens. Migration and Development Brief, 32. World Bank. Washington, DC. Retrieved from: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33634/COVID-19-Crisis-Through-a-Migration-Lens.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y

European

European Commission (2020, June 24). COVID-19’s impact on migrant communities. Retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/migrant-integration/news/covid-19s-impact-on-migrant-communities

ILGA-Europe. (2020). COVID-19 and specific impact on LGBTI people and what authorities should be doing to mitigate impact. European Union’s Justice Programme, 2014 – 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/COVID19%20_Impact%20LGBTI%20people.pdf

LGBT Foundation. (2020, May 29). Why LGBT People are Disproportionaly Affected by COVID-19. Retrieved from: https://lgbt.foundation/coronavirus/why-lgbt-people-are-disproportionately-impacted-by-coronavirus

Rodenberg, B., Šišić, M., & Prosinger, J. (2021, June 29). Hard-Won Progress on Gender Equality Destroyed: The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Women and LGBTIQ. The Green Political Foundation. Retrieved from: https://www.boell.de/en/2021/06/29/hard-won-progress-gender-equality-destroyed-impact-covid-19-crisis-women-and-lgbtiq

Uldry M., & Leenkenecht A. S. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities: European Leaders must act now Extract from the Human Rights Report 2020. European Disability Forum. Retrieved from: https://www.edf-feph.org/content/uploads/2021/01/Final-final-Human-Rights-Published.pdf

National

Kondilis, E., Papamichail, D., McCann, S., Carruthers, E., Veizis, A., Orcuttd, M.,& Hargreave, S. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugees and asylum seekers in Greece: A retrospective analysis of national surveillance data from 2020. EClinicalMedicine, 37, 100958. Retrieved from: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2589-5370%2821%2900238-8