COVID-19と心とジェンダーへの影響

抄録

We have been forced to curtail our social and economic activities for a long time while trying to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As a result, the number of suicides in Japan, which had been declining in recent years, has begun to increase again. The increase has been particularly pronounced among young people and women, and this is deeply related to the gender issues that Japanese society faces. For example, women's employment is unstable compared to that of men. Furthermore, women are responsible for most of care-related work such as child care, nursing care, and household work. Single mothers and women working in non-regular employment face a serious situation. There is an urgent need to not only deal with basic infectious diseases but also address the structural gender issues that Japanese society is facing.