Health pandemics affect women and men differently, and they can make the existing gender inequalities much worse. COVID-19 is one such pandemic, which can have substantial gender implications both during and in the post-pandemic world. Its economic and social consequences could deepen the existing gender inequalities and roll back the limited gains made in respect of women empowerment in the past few decades. The chapter in particular outlines five main reasons that explain why this health pandemic has led to a vaccination gender gap in India.

The Covid-19 pandemic has deepened the existing gender inequalities. In particular, it has dealt a significant blow to women entrepreneurs, as it has magnified the pre-pandemic disadvantages women have faced in the economic, social, financial and regulatory ecosystems they operate in, particularly due to the nature and size of their businesses. The article outlines three main reasons that explain why women entrepreneurs have been disproportionately impacted during this health pandemic.

This study investigates the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures on the trade system of Mauritius for the period January 2020 to June 2021. As the pandemic spreads across the globe due to high interconnectedness across countries, stringent health containment measures in the form of restrictions on people and businesses have also been established by the authorities to slow the propagation of the virus.

COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption of trade flows between countries, revealing the vulnerability of global value chains. This unexpected event sparked a public debate on devising new policies to increase the resilience of value chains. This study identifies vulnerabilities related to supply chains with a specific focus on Tunisian imports during the period 2019-2020. To this end, we select three potential drivers of import vulnerability based on post-pandemic reports and discussions and assess their impact on Tunisia’s overall imports using quantitative analysis.

Special Theme: COVID-19 and the Sustainability of Blue Entrepreneurship 8-9 December 2021 Organized by the WTO Chairs Programmes (WCP) at the University of Mauritius (UoM)

Jakarta has emerged as the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia. While handwashing has been promoted as the most effective preventive measure, Jakarta’s unequal water governance has made it difficult for the urban poor to access adequate water supplies. Critics of Jakarta’s water privatization have long argued that remunicipalization is the best way to address these inequities, and the Covid-19 crisis has added momentum to this ongoing struggle. However, this paper finds that Covid-19 has the potential to be a double-edged sword for Jakarta’s remunicipalization process.

New Normal atau Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru menjadi mantra penting yang dipakai oleh WHO dan Pemerintah di berbagai negara untuk berdamai dengan Covid-19. Sejak merebak Desember 2019, pandemi ini belum menunjukkan ujung akhir, sementara upaya untuk menjinakkannya juga terus berlangsung.