The Big Story10 Jun 2021

Gender, Rural-Urban & Digital Divides in India’s Covid Vaccination

India’s COVID vaccination drive is marred with all kinds of divides and inequalities. Other than the general shortage in vaccine supply, there’s a gender divide, a rural-urban divide and also a digital divide that’s holding back the country from effective vaccination. In the past four months since the launch of the Covid vaccination program, 1.2 crore more men got vaccinated than women in India as evident from the Co-Win portal. A report on The Hindu also pointed out that an estimation of only 12-15 percent of India's rural population have received at least one shot of vaccination, in a big contrast to approximately 30 percent of people receiving shots in urban areas. And since the launch of Phase 3 vaccination, the CoWin portal has also come under criticism for excluding the castes and classes which fall on the lesser privileged side of the digital divide. This problem has been raised by the Supreme Court as well which asked the government to “wake up and smell the coffee”. While these divides may look like three individual problems, in some ways these divides are also interconnected. India aims to vaccinate the entire population by the end of 2021, but has the country's vaccination program overlooked these problems? How can these inequalities be addressed for a more successful vaccination strategy? Tune in! Producer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha Guests: Anushree Jairath, Program Coordinator, Gender Justice, ‎Oxfam India Prasanth Sugathan, Legal Director, SFLC Editor: Shelly Walia Music: Big Bang Fuzz References: More Men Than Women in India Are Getting COVID Vaccine, But Why? Vaccination in rural India trails urban areas even as cases surge 9 pvt hospitals corner 50% doses, raise questions of vaccine equity and access Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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