A Gendered Analysis of COVID-19's Impact on Young People & Employment

This report examines the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people and their employment prospects in Australia, with a specific focus on gender disparities. It highlights the disproportionate effect on young females, particularly those in their 20s, who face increased risk of job loss and economic hardship. The analysis underscores the need for gender-sensitive economic policies to address the pandemic's fallout and ensure equitable opportunities for young women. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the importance of monitoring the long-term consequences of the pandemic on young people's mental health, education, and access to secure housing, while also considering the potential impact on child protection services and domestic violence rates. The study concludes that the COVID-19 outbreak has significantly affected the Australian population, leading to health issues, social isolation, educational disruptions, and financial instability, with young people being particularly vulnerable to these challenges.

COVID19 and the immediate impact on
young people and employment in Australia
A gendered analysis.

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

Article:
COVID-19 and the impact on young people, 2021 [Online] Available through:
<https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/covid-19-and-young-people>
INTRODUCTION
The new SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is an unprecedented in the recent history, having a
global impact containing elevated rates of both morbidity and mortality and lead to low
economic conditions of several people. The pandemic can impact mental health in both short and
long terms over billion of people. Across Australia, the first case of coronavirus was reported on
25th January, 2020 within the state of Victoria. In addition to this, due to pandemic, the
Australian government has closed all its border to non-Australian residents and implemented the
guidelines for public to maintain social distancing among public as well.
Gender is generally an essential consideration in the development. It is usually a manner of
looking at how the social norms as well as the power structures can influence the lives of people
and various opportunities available to unique groups of male and female. By conducting the
review on the topic, it is analysed that COVID-19 has caused significant disruption to both
society and the economy. The World Health Organization generally declared the pandemic, an
international public well-being emergency in January 2020, and a subsequent pandemic at the
end of March. In this, the first reported case in Australia was specifically on 25th January in the
state of Victoria, and less than a month later, on the end of March 2020, the government of
Australia generally sealed their borders towards all the non-Australian residents and can put in
place a series of the social distancing measures on March 2021. In this, an outbreak of the
pandemic generally places a significant effect on the people, such as it can lead to loss of many
of the lives of people, loss of their employment, and many more. Many of the people are fired
from their job places. A coronavirus outbreak can significantly impact people’s mental well-
being by creating anxiety and depression among them. The episode of COVID-19 on young
people generally positively and negatively impacts their health and life. It is analysed that both
men and women as an economic impact of the COVID-19 typically cause significant gendered
implications. In this, the young females are specifically more prone to the developing risk of
having coronavirus than young males. So, young females aged 20 to 29 can have more excellent
coronavirus rates across the country (COVID-19 and the impact on young people, 2021).
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The economic policy response towards the coronavirus outbreak has dramatically ignored
the gendered dimensions of the coronavirus. During COVID-19 times, most young people have
to quit their jobs and return to their homes, which can significantly impact their lives. Most of
them may suffer from severe illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and many more. These all
result from losing employment and the frustrations of not doing anything. In this, some of the
effects of coronavirus on young people are generally emerging, and it is pretty essential to note
that its full impact is quite complex and not being fully understood. It can be dynamic such as
results can alter so quickly when the conditions change. In this having equality among gender
can specifically prevents the violence against female. As it is quite important for economic
prosperity. In this, the societies which values both female and male as equal are safer and
healthier. Having equality among community is the right of every people. But in Covid times, it
is generally fuelling the gender disparities and enhances the developing risk of violation against
female.
Many life trajectories are explicitly set in place during adolescence and young adulthood. In
contrast, the young female employees are overly focused across healthcare, accommodation
services, and retail. Moreover, there is a requirement for the ongoing comprehensive monitoring
of the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on the well-being of young people. In this, the areas
of particular interest for monitoring can involve mental health, access towards the educational
choices after their secondary school, education attainment, accomplishment, and results. It can
affect the young people’s longer-term consequences, such as the potential significance of job loss
on their long-term employment visions and finances, access to secure housing, and mental well-
being. The longer-term can impact the coronavirus on the child protection care services. It can
also create the experiences of domestic violence and the variations in the results for different
groups of populations. The pandemic outbreak can also lead to a significant loss in financials and
income sources in the lives of young people such that most of the people can destroy their lives
for this reason. In addition to this, throughout the outbreak of COVID-19, it is identified that the
viral infection has significantly impacted young people compared to the older people residing
within Australia. The young females are specifically being exposed to the economic fallout,
those in their 20th century, who primarily want to work more. The viral infection outbreak
generally threatens to erode some of the improvements women have made in recent years in
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terms of participation unless the higher authority act to give the opportunities and empowerment
for the young ladies.
CONCLUSION
From the above review report, it is concluded that the outbreak of coronavirus has
impacted the Australian people including health, lack of social support, lack of education and
skills, loss of employment and work, loss of income and finance, Homeless and many more. It is
analysed from the review article that pandemic has impacted on both physical and mental health
of the young people and causes various illness to their health.
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REFERENCES
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Hensher, D.A. and et. al., 2021. The impact of COVID-19 on cost outlays for car and public
transport commuting-The case of the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area after three
months of restrictions. Transport Policy, 101, pp.71-80.
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