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** COVID-19 Gender Update
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** TOP PICKS
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** Press release: Women Leaders’ Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 and the Future issues call to put women and girls at the centre of response efforts
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[link removed] 20 April, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, and Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, convened and chaired the Women Leaders´ Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 and the Future to address the disproportionately negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has on women and girls and to identify and prioritize policy measures that facilitates a more gender-inclusive recovery path. Read more » ([link removed])
** IN THE NEWS HEADLINES
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[link removed] Times: UN Women on the importance of female leadership in fighting coronavirus ([link removed])
Video interview with UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
[link removed] 24: Pandemic set to worsen gender inequalities, UN warns ([link removed])
Video interview with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia
[link removed] Washington Post: Frente al coronavirus, las mujeres somos la primera línea de defensa ([link removed])
Op-ed by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér
** FROM THE FRONT LINE
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Women mobilize to prevent COVID-19 in crowded Rohingya refugee camps ([link removed])
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I am Generation Equality: Ramida “Jennie” Juengpaisal, designer and developer of a COVID-19 tracker in Thailand ([link removed])
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Take five: “After this pandemic, we will have to work much harder than before to improve Roma women’s lives” ([link removed])
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From where I stand: “Policies and regulation can be updated day-to-day…we have to quickly and firmly handle the situation” ([link removed])
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** ACTIVIST SOUNDBITES
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Advice from activists: How COVID-19 is changing climate activism for young women ([link removed])
** HIGHLIGHTS
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** Brief: Violence against women and girls data collection during COVID-19
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[link removed] Produced by UN Women and WHO, this brief summarizes principles and recommendations for those planning to embark on data collection on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls. It responds to the difficulties to adhere to methodological, ethical and safety principles in the context of the physical distancing and staying at home measures imposed in many countries. Read more » ([link removed])
Related links:
* Brief: COVID-19 and violence against women and girls (UN Women) ([link removed])
* COVID-19 and violence against women: What the health sector and system can do (WHO) ([link removed])
* Emerging gender data and why it matters ([link removed])
** The Spotlight Initiative: UN leaders are #WithHer. Are you?
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The United Nations family is joining Secretary-General António Guterres in his appeal for peace everywhere. Together, we must ensure that women and girls stay safe during and after the #COVID19 pandemic. Watch video » ([link removed])
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** SOCIAL MEDIA
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** [link removed] for yourself and others during the pandemic
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