Social, environmental, and COVID-19 pandemic-related effects on women's food security and health in Honduras

Fromm, Ingrid; Reiche, Andrea; Sauceda, Dilcia; Rivera, Elena (2022). Social, environmental, and COVID-19 pandemic-related effects on women's food security and health in Honduras SN Social Sciences, 2(9) Springer 10.1007/s43545-022-00448-y

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionally affected women in Honduras in terms of loss of employment and income opportunities, access to healthcare services, and increased poverty and food insecurity. The pre-pandemic gender inequalities in Honduras have resulted in harsher conditions for women since the onset of the pandemic. Early reports indicate that women have lost employment and incomes and have been burdened by other effects of the pandemic, such as more household work, childcare activities, and home schooling. Marginal groups such as indigenous women face greater challenges because of the structural and systemic inequalities which have existed for a long time. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has also differed across geographic areas and between rural and urban settings. In addition to the pandemic, the economic outlook for women in Honduras has worsened since the impact of Hurricanes Eta and Iota in November 2020, which displaced over a million people. The agricultural sector was devastated, and infrastructure was severely damaged. The recovery efforts have been slow because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper explores the root causes of gender inequalities and how it affects women’s food security and health.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture > Rural Economics and Sociology
Name:	Fromm, Ingrid0000-0003-1509-5746; Reiche, Andrea; Sauceda, Dilcia and Rivera, Elena
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
ISSN:	2662-9283
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Ingrid Fromm
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2023 14:07
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 14:07
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/s43545-022-00448-y
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gender · Food systems · Nutrition · COVID-19 · Honduras
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.20127
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20127