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COVID-19 Gender Update
For the latest updates on COVID-19 and gender equality, visit UN Women's dedicated In Focus pages:  
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UN Women response to COVID-19 crisis


UN Women has developed rapid and targeted responses to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women and girls and ensure that the long-term recovery benefits them. As part of the broader UN-wide response, UN Women's response includes policy advice and programmatic interventions globally focusing on five priorities.
Priority areas:
  • Gender-based violence, including domestic violence, is mitigated and reduced
  • Social protection and economic stimulus packages serve women and girls
  • People support and practise equal sharing of care work
  • Women and girls lead and participate in COVID-19 response planning and decision-making
  • Data and coordination mechanisms include gender perspectives
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IN THE NEWS HEADLINES
Devex: We cannot allow COVID-19 to reinforce the digital gender divide
Joint Op-Ed written by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Plan International CEO Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen
RTVE: La violencia machista aumenta en el mundo con el confinamiento por el Coronavirus
Video interview featuring Maria-Noel Vaeza, UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean

FROM THE FRONT LINE
Her businesses shut by COVID-19, a woman in Philippines turns to helping others stay safe despite personal risk
Youth volunteers combat online misinformation on COVID-19 in Arab States
From where I stand: “Stay home and stay safe—but what if home is where she feels unsafe?”
Video: How UN Women is supporting women roadside vendors in Cameroon

Watch this space for more stories. 

ISSUE SPOTLIGHT
Instagram story: Shadow Pandemic - Violence against women and girls
From where I stand: “Domestic workers should also be entitled to a salary during times of crisis” 
Shortage of food and water challenge the prevention of the Coronavirus in Brazil’s largest indigenous reserve 
Related link: Calling to support indigenous peoples in COVID-19 response

PUBLICATIONS
Brief: COVID-19 and ensuring safe cities and safe public spaces for women and girls
Brief: Online and ICT-facilitated violence against women and girls during COVID-19

Watch this space for more publications. 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Periods don’t wait for the crisis to end.

 

The coronavirus pandemic is not just a health issue. It’s a profound shock to our societies and has dramatically changed our daily lives. Share the latest facts about how women are affected by the pandemic and ways they are leading the #COVID19 response with visuals, GIFs and more available in UN Women’s social media package in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian.
 
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