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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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TOP PICKS
Refugee women on the front lines of COVID-19
When fathers share the care
Related links for World Refugee Day (20 June):

Including widows in the work to “build back better” from COVID-19


Statement for International Widows Day (23 June) by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

The effects of the pandemic are exacerbated for women and girls. At the same time, mortality from the virus tends to be higher for men...This represents a devastating human loss, and one that is likely leaving tens of thousands of women newly widowed at just the time when they are cut off from their usual socio-economic and family supports. Read more »

WHAT OUR LEADERS ARE SAYING

Citing ‘weight of history’, senior UN officials issue call to ‘go beyond and do more’ to end racism


More than twenty senior leaders in the UN have put their names to a statement expressing their outrage at pervasive and systemic racism and highlighting the need to ‘go beyond and do more’ than just offering condemnation. Read more »

COVID-19 jeopardises progress made towards protecting women and girls from violence and harmful practices


Joint op-ed by Roberta Clarke, Senior Advisor and Acting Regional Director for UN Women, Eastern and Southern Africa; Justine Coulson, Acting Regional Director for UNFPA East and Southern Africa; and Mohamed M. Fall, Regional Director for UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa. Read more »

IN THE NEWS HEADLINES
BBC Newsday: The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a whole host of problems – not least a rise in domestic violence. We talk with the UN official whose job it is to tackle the problem

Radio interview with UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Interview begins at 9´31")
EFE: La pandemia desnuda la precariedad del trabajo doméstico, que tiene rostro de mujer

Featuring Maria-Noel Vaeza, UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean

FROM THE FRONT LINE
Personal protection Women peace mediators become key actors on the front lines of COVID-19 prevention in refugee settlements in Uganda
Crisis management As Bangladesh battles COVID-19 and the aftermath of Super Cyclone Amphan, women’s organizations lead their communities through recovery
Leadership Take Five: “Women leaders around the world have demonstrated successful management of the pandemic”

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ISSUE SPOTLIGHT
Unpaid care From Where I Stand: “Rural women are now facing an extra burden of child-rearing, housework, and other unpaid care”

PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
Gender-sensitive responses to COVID-19 
New study from the Unstereotype Alliance finds that increased equality for women is essential to a country’s success
Migrant women and remittances: Exploring the data from selected countries 
Voices of gender equality mechanisms on COVID-19
The precarious situation of domestic workers in Latin America and the Caribbean is accentuated by the COVID-19 crisis

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Join our call to #EndRapeInWar


19 June marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. We need to ensure that prevention measures are in place and a survivor-centered response is part of the greater call for a #globalceasefire during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join UN Women in calling to #endrapeinwar with powerful social media messages that you can download here.
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