Events
Griffith Asia Institute Conversations:
COVID 19 – Gendered risks, impact & response in the Indo Pacific
Join Griffith University researchers, Sara Davies and Robin Roberts, as they have a conversation with partner research team members from Myanmar, Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, about the gendered impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on local food and agricultural sectors in their communities.
Wednesday 8 December 2021, 4.30pm – 5.30pm (AEST), Online
Conferences
Smith, D., Roberts, R., & Davies, S. 2023. Long Covid? The gendered legacy of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Myanmar and the Philippines. Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference, Christchurch, February, 2023.
Davies, S., Roberts, R., & Smith, D. 2022. COVID-19, Gender, Food Insecurity & Resilience: Evidence from Myanmar and the Phillipines. XV World Congress of Rural Sociology, Cairns, July 19, 2022.
Davies, S. & Roberts, R. 2022. Dual track access to information: Unintended findings from study of COVID-19 impact on women farmers and vendors. Global Health Security Network, Singapore, June 29, 2022.
Academic Publications
Davies, S., Eslick, B., Roberts, R., Calsado, D., Juanico, C., Oo, Z., Yadanar, & Woyengu, N. 2022. Social reproduction, food (in)security, and risk-taking behaviour during crisis: Women’s experiences as farmers and food vendors in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic, Review of International Political Economy. (In progress)
Davies, S., Eslick, B., Roberts, R., Calsado, D., Juanico, C., Oo, Z., Yadanar, & Woyengu, N. 2022. ‘Confusion and Frustration’ or accessing social welfare during crisis:  Rural women’s experience in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and Philippines during COVID-19, Third World Quarterly. (In progress)
Davies, S., Eslick, B., Roberts, R., Calsado, D., Juanico, C., Oo, Z., Yadanar, & Woyengu, N. 2022. Time for a dual track approach to information: Unintended findings from COVID-19 impact on women farmers and vendors. (In progress)
Smith, D., Roberts, R., & Davies, S. 2022. COVID-19, Gender, Food Insecurity and Resilience: Evidence from Myanmar and the Philippines, Food Policy. (In progress)
News articles
How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected female entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector in South East Asia
Food security and Covid-19: Recognising women’s leadership
Gendered food insecurity study informs recovery and preparedness in the Indo-Pacific
Fieldwork Information – Phase 1
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Myanmar

Training Resources
This research project offers an online Gender Research Methods for Agribusiness course.
The course supports the in-country research studies and provides an understanding of the activities, instrument design, research delivery, and results analysis to undertake this social science study.
The online learning is offered to the in-country research teams.
Please contact us if you have any questions.