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!

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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
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<div>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.<br>
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<div>In the past four months since the launch of the Covid vaccination program, <a href="https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/why-are-more-men-getting-coronavirus-vaccine-than-women#read-more">1.2 crore more men got vaccinated than women</a> in India as evident from the Co-Win portal.<br>
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A report on <a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fvaccination-in-rural-india-trails-urban-areas-even-as-cases-surge%2Farticle34589734.ece&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cshorbori.purkayastha%40thequint.com%7C22ae82c3812e400eb1bb08d92c11e60f%7C200127ebcff6490fb0c74a630c2871be%7C0%7C0%7C637589277647850266%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=1brbwAiKBmiAdIHA6go2jK5uLOKAIKkh9kFzFCksEQQ%3D&amp;reserved=0">The Hindu </a>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.<br>
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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”.<br>
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<div>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!<br>
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<strong>Producer and Host: </strong>Shorbori Purkayastha<br>
<strong>Guests: <br>
</strong>Anushree Jairath, Program Coordinator, Gender Justice, ‎Oxfam India<br>
Prasanth Sugathan, Legal Director, SFLC</div>
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<strong>Editor:</strong> Shelly Walia</div>
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<li><a href="https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/why-are-more-men-getting-coronavirus-vaccine-than-women#read-more"><strong>More Men Than Women in India Are Getting COVID Vaccine, But Why?</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vaccination-in-rural-india-trails-urban-areas-even-as-cases-surge/article34589734.ece"><strong>Vaccination in rural India trails urban areas even as cases surge</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/covid-vaccine-doses-private-hospitals-coronavirus-cases-7344769/"><strong>9 pvt hospitals corner 50% doses, raise questions of vaccine equity and access</strong></a></li>
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