@article{ref1,
title="Navigating multiple pandemics: a critical analysis of the impact of COVID-19 policy responses on gender-based violence services",
journal="Critical social policy",
year="2023",
author="Mantler, Tara and Wathen, C. Nadine and Burd, Caitlin and MacGregor, Jennifer C. D. and McLean, Isobel and Veenendaal, Jill",
volume="43",
number="1",
pages="29-50",
abstract="COVID-19 illustrated what governments can do to mobilise against a global threat. Despite the strong governmental response to COVID-19 in Canada, another 'pandemic', gender-based violence (GBV), has been causing grave harm with generally insufficient policy responses. Using interpretive description methodology, 26 interviews were conducted with shelter staff and 5 focus groups with 24 executive directors (EDs) from GBV service organizations in Ontario, Canada. Five main themes were identified and explored, namely that: (1) there are in fact four pandemics at play; (2) the interplay of pandemics amplified existing systemic weaknesses; (3) the key role of informal partnerships and community support, (4) temporary changes in patterns of funding allocation; and (5) exhaustion as a consequence of addressing multiple and concurrent pandemics. Implications and recommendations for researchers, policy makers, and the GBV sector are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0261-0183",
doi="10.1177/02610183221088461",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02610183221088461"
}