Explicitly sexing health security: analysing the downstream effects of Panama's sex-segregated COVID-19 disease control policy.

ABSTRACT: In response to COVID-19, Panama implemented a sex-segregated lockdown policy whereby women were allowed to access essential services on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and men on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The logic was to reduce disease transmission by controlling population circulation at any one time. We sought to understand the impact of this policy approach on Panamanian society. To do so, we undertook key informant interviews with representatives from groups of society that have been significantly affected by this policy across Panamanian society. Framework analysis was undertaken on interview transcripts to identify key trends, which were latterly triangulated with academic, media and grey literature. Firstly, we engage with intersectional analyses to show that those most affected

SUBMITTER: Wenham C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807319 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature