TY  - BOOK
ED  - UNICEF
ED  - International Rescue Committee
TI  - COVID-19 - GBV and risks to adolescent girls and interventions to protect and empower them
PY  - 2020///
PB  - Unicef, 
KW  - ADOLESCENTS
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - PANDEMICS
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
KW  - YOUNG WOMEN
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
N2  - The gendered impacts of infectious disease outbreaks and their propensity to increase Gender-Based Violence (GBV) have been well-documented in each of the most recent major epidemics - including Zika, SARS and Ebola [1]. Early evidence indicates that COVID-19 is no different in this respect, with GBV providers and community groups reporting a sharp increase in reported incidents of Intimate Partner Violence.[2]
 Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable. Studies of past disease outbreaks and other humanitarian crisis have shown
that without targeted intervention, COVID-19 will heighten pre-existing risks of GBV against girls, stymie their social, economic and educational development and threaten their sexual reproductive health.[3]

This paper looks to set out the particular vulnerabilities for adolescent girls and provides practical guidance on how to provide girls with targeted support during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Introduction). Record #6690
UR  - https://www.unicef.org/media/68706/file/COVID-19-GBV-risks-to-adolescent-girls-and-interventions-to-protect-them-2020.pdf
UR  - https://www.unicef.org/documents/covid-19-gbv-risks-adolescent-girls-and-interventions-protect-and-empower-them?fbclid=IwAR1Kk3qw1w4FxTtFmlrbo013WZIzh7UusxuTKKVMB7shIJC89odPfux14cw
ER  -