At the Root of Covid Grew a More Complicated Situation”
A Qualitative Analysis of the Guatemalan Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response System during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15475396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luissa Vahedi (0000-0001-7112-3348, Washington University in St. Louis), Ilana Seff (0000-0002-2569-995X, Washington University in St. Louis), Deidi Olaya Rodriguez (Washington University in St. Louis), Samantha McNelly (Washington University in St. Louis), Ana Isabel Interiano Perez (UNICEF Guatemala, 13 Calle 8-44, Cdad. de Guatemala 01010, Guatemala), Dorcas Erskine (United Nations Children's Fund), Catherine Poulton (0000-0002-4355-0737, United Nations Children's Fund), Lindsay Stark (0000-0002-8775-9735, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 17 |
| Pages | 10998-10998 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191710998 |
| PMID | 36078715 |
| OpenAlex | W4294739461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 33 |
A growing body of literature has documented an increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV) within the context of COVID-19 and service providers' reduced capacity to address this vulnerability. Less examined are the system-level impacts of the pandemic on the GBV sector in low- and middle-income countries. Drawing on the perspectives of 18 service providers working across various GBV-related sectors in Guatemala, we explored how the Guatemalan GBV prevention and response system operated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings highlight that the pandemic reinforced survivors' existing adversities (inadequate transportation access, food insecurity, digital divides), which subsequently reduced access to reporting, justice, and support. Consequently, the GBV prevention and response system had to absorb the responsibility of securing survivors' essential social determinants of health, further limiting already inflexible budgets. The pandemic also imposed new challenges, such as service gridlocks, that negatively affected survivors' system navigation and impaired service providers' abilities to efficiently receive reports and mobilize harm reduction and prevention programming. The findings underscore the systemic challenges faced by GBV service providers and the need to incorporate gender mainstreaming across public service sectors-namely, transportation and information/communication-to improve lifesaving GBV service delivery for Guatemalan survivors, particularly survivors in rural/remote regions
Business · Computer security · Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Pandemic · Public health · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Service provider · Vulnerability (computing · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Sex work and related issues · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |