Reflections of Coronavirus Pandemic on Women's Life and Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) first announced this epidemic as a "public health emergency of international importance" and then declared it as a "COVID-19 pandemic" (WHO 2020a). United Nations human rights experts state that the solution to the COVID-19 crisis is not only a health-related problem, the problem should also be addressed in terms of human rights, and that every person's access to protective and therapeutic interventions without discrimination is a responsibility that should be provided by states (UNFPA 2020a). Because the current situations cause the inequalities that exist for vulnerable groups to exacerbate. While climate change, difficulties in participation in the economy and the lack of female representation in politics all over the world in the period before the pandemic affected the advances in gender equality, the COVID-19 pandemic, which created a global shock effect, underlined the dependence of the society on women in the fight against the virus. Women have undertaken important responsibilities such as doing housework, following the distance education processes of their children attending school, meeting the care and needs of family members, and adapting to changing working hours and forms.