Implications on Gender During the Pandemic

ABSTRACT

The Novel Coronavirus has hardly left any corner of the society and economy untouched. Apparently, response to the pandemic across the globe and its impact on society and economy are clearly dependent on the pre-existing social economic and cultural setup of the nation. Among others, the fear of the pandemic reversing the state of human security achieved in the past two decades, stays strong, specifically the one associated with gender. In this context, the chapter taking the case of women working in the formal sector and those living in slums of informal settlement attempts to locate the gender response to human security in the urban setup of Bengaluru, India. The analysis based on field insights backed by secondary literature helps us to argue that gender dimensions of pandemic and its response indeed need due acknowledgement of the situation and also sensitization to prevent its multiplier effect in due course of time. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer 2022.