UN Secretary-General’s policy brief: The impact of COVID-19 on women
Posted on April 23, 2020 at 8:44 am
The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. ...
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Estimates of the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Posted on April 23, 2020 at 8:00 am
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 has spread rapidly since emerging in late 2019, leading the World Health Organization ...
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Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial (MHPSS) aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 3:06 pm
Introduction This briefing note summarises key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The brief was last updated February 2020. Mental…
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Disability Considerations in GBV Programming during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Posted on April 20, 2020 at 2:42 pm
Overview This note provides information and practical guidance to support gender-based violence (GBV) practitioners to integrate attention to disability into GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response efforts during the COVID-19…
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COVID-19 and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Posted on April 8, 2020 at 6:51 pm
UNWomen have developed a brief which highlights emerging evidence of the impact of the recent global pandemic of COVID-19 on ...
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COVID-19 and Child, Early and Forced Marriage: An Agenda for Action
Posted on April 8, 2020 at 6:34 pm
Girls not Brides have released a brief titled “COVID-19 and Child, Early and Forced Marriage: An Agenda for Action”. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is already having a devastating effect on…
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Overview of Resources on COVID-19, SRHR & Gender
Posted on April 8, 2020 at 11:21 am
Introduction Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus – COVID-19 – in Wuhan, China, thousands of new cases are being ...
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