PROJECT 1 - Shedemic
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| Course: | General Sociology 20 RVS |
| Book: | PROJECT 1 - Shedemic |
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| Date: | Thursday, 18 September 2025, 4:03 PM |
Shedemic
Although women have shown better COVID-19 outcomes than men, any such advantage is reversed when it comes to the social and economic effects of the pandemic - here the brunt falls heaviest on women.
"As they treat patients as front-line health and service workers, bear the brunt of child-care responsibilities, risk gender-based violence, and face economic uncertainty in low-paying precarious work, women are being disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
"That’s according to several women’s rights advocates who argue that more support is needed for women who have already suffered greater job losses, increased risks to their health and safety, and diminished social services as the virus takes its toll." (https://bit.ly/2GidrdP)
Most recessions, in the past, have affected men more than women, but not so with COVID-19.
Why has the coronavirus disproportionately affected women?
Why might be done to mitigate these effects?
Read on for more details!
Resources
WOMEN
Coronavirus: Why are women paying a heavier price?
Women disproportionately 'bearing the brunt' of coronavirus crisis, advocates say
Forget notions of coronavirus as a great equalizer - women are hardest hit yet again
The coronavirus is a disaster for feminism
Gendered impacts of coronavirus
What does coronavirus mean for women?
How the coronavirus crisis threatens to setback women's careers
Women's careers in the time of coronavirus
Coronavirus: Will women have to work harder after the pandemic?
The coronavirus pandemic's outsized effect on women's mental health around the world
COVID 19 and gender equality: countering the regressive effects
The shecession (she-recession) of 2020: Causes and consequences
COVID-19 recession is tougher on women
COVID-19 and its economic toll on women: The story behind the numbers
Don't let the pandemic setback gender equality
Project
Save your completed project as GS20P1yoursurname
In order to begin this project, start by carefully reading through the web pages listed on the Resource page.
You are not limited to using only these pages to complete the assignment described below.
The question you will answer is, "Why has the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected women and what sorts of government policies could be put into place to mitigate these effects?"
You will present your findings to the prime minister and/or the premier
- In your presentation you MUST:
- provide evidence that the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected women
- economically
- socially
- mentally
- provide possible solutions to lessen the effects of the pandemic on women
- provide and discuss a specific piece of evidence drawn from a source posted within the last two months (when searching, look for date posted)
- Your findings must be presented in an objective, respectful tone, supported by research, and provide the necessary background information for politicians to seriously consider your solutions.
- You MUST write at least 1000 words
- You MUST include a biliography of all of your sources: mybib.com
- Some options for presentation form are
- Word document
- PPT
- movie
- podcast
- recorded speech
- etc
- Do NOT plagiarize. Such an action will result in a zero on this project!
NO matter the format of your presentation, the content, WITHOUT BIBLIOGRAPHY, should be at least 1000 words, which is roughly two single-spaced pages of 12-point font.
Your presentation will be assessed using the General Sociology 20 Project Rubric.