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** COVID-19 Gender Update
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** TOP PICKS
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** Violence against women during COVID-19: A comprehensive resource
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Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports have shown that all types of violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, has intensified globally. Click here for an overview of the crisis and how UN Women is responding » ([link removed])


** WHAT OUR LEADERS ARE SAYING
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** UN Women turns 10, placing women’s rights, priorities and voices centre-stage
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A decade on, as we celebrate this anniversary in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the human rights of women and girls have more prominence, universality and more urgency than ever before. Read the statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka » ([link removed])


** Op-ed: The role of digitalization in the Decade of Action
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With the rapid digitalization of work, school and social life, stimulated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of technology and innovation to achieving gender equality and inclusive development has never been clearer nor more urgent. Read more » ([link removed])


** Joint Op-ed: Put women at the centre of Syria crisis response
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As the Syria crisis enters its 10th year, the situation is especially dire for women and girls, with the effects of COVID-19 compounding the risks and hardships for millions of people inside the country and for refugees around the region. Read more » ([link removed])


** FROM THE FRONT LINE
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Leadership & response Despite compounding challenges, women in Iraq play vital roles in the country’s COVID-19 response ([link removed])

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Resilience In Guatemala, investing in indigenous women’s economic empowerment is key to building back better after COVID-19 ([link removed])

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Volunteering Danijela Grbic: “Helping people in emergency situations is my weapon for overcoming fear” ([link removed])

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Working mothers From Where I Stand: As a woman, practicing self-isolation in a home setting is next to impossible ([link removed])


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** ISSUE SPOTLIGHT
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Prioritizing fundamental rights The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in the Arab States region ([link removed])
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Peace & resilience COVID-19 and the Peace Villages ([link removed])

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Unpaid care work Ipsos survey confirms that COVID-19 is intensifying women’s workload at home ([link removed])


** ACTIVIST SOUNDBITES
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Intersectional feminism: what it means and why it matters right now ([link removed])


** PUBLICATIONS
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COVID-19 and the care economy: Immediate action and structural transformation for a gender-responsive recovery ([link removed])

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Addressing the economic fallout of COVID-19: Pathways and policy options for a gender-responsive recovery ([link removed])

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COVID-19 and violence against women and girls: Addressing the shadow pandemic ([link removed])

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Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality? ([link removed])


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** SOCIAL MEDIA
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** Violence against women during #COVID19
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