Scoping Review Protocol: Gender and COVID-19 among Indigenous and marginalized populations

Consequences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are being experienced differently across gender. Even though morbidity and mortality seem to be affecting predominantly men more than women, there are multiple drivers of vulnerability shaping how the disease and policy responses are impacting both health and other aspects of wellbeing differently. Sex and gender are two key determinants of direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 because they could be related to worse clinical outcomes, or create more social disparities, especially when other socio, economic or cultural determinants that intersect with gender (e.g. type of occupation, income, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation), are not being considered. The consequences of COVID-19 and policy responses, for Indigenous People, would have multiple intersections with gender as well, although seems under-investigated, that is why, we proposed this scoping review to explore:  How is the academic and grey literature mainstreaming gender when reporting impacts, experiences, and responses to COVID-19 among Indigenous and marginalized communities?