Policy brief : the impact of COVID-19 on women
Policy brief : the impact of COVID-19 on women
UN Women
- UN Women, 2020
- electronic document (21 pages) ; PDF file
Published 9 April 2020
i. Economic impacts -- II. Health impacts -- III. Unpaid care work --IV. Gender-based violence -- V. Impacts in humanitarian and fragile settings and on human rights -- Conclusion
This policy brief focuses on five issues - economic and health impacts, unpaid care work, gender-based violence and impacts in humanitarian and fragile settings and on human rights - exploring how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID19, and outlining suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts.
Background: The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic even the limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic. (From the document). Record #6688
COVID-19
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
HEALTH
HUMAN RIGHTS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
INFOGRAPHIC
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WOMEN
YOUNG WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
Published 9 April 2020
i. Economic impacts -- II. Health impacts -- III. Unpaid care work --IV. Gender-based violence -- V. Impacts in humanitarian and fragile settings and on human rights -- Conclusion
This policy brief focuses on five issues - economic and health impacts, unpaid care work, gender-based violence and impacts in humanitarian and fragile settings and on human rights - exploring how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID19, and outlining suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts.
Background: The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic even the limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic. (From the document). Record #6688
COVID-19
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
HEALTH
HUMAN RIGHTS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
INFOGRAPHIC
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WOMEN
YOUNG WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL