The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of women’s pre-crisis social, economic, and political situations. This brief offers an overview of how COVID-19 affects women’s employment and wages, education, health and nutrition, unpaid care work, and increases GBV rates. It also provides recommendations for gender-responsive policies and sector-specific strategies to help preserve hard-won gains for women.Read More
Gender-based Violence
A Conversation With Gary Zeitounalian, ABAAD Resource Center for Gender Equality
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (GBV), the IGWG’s GBV Task Force caught up with Gary Zeitounalian, with ABAAD Resource Center for Gender Equality in Lebanon to learn how they are adapting to address the violence prevention and response needs of women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. This interviews offers practical insights and inspiration from program implementers and advocates on the front lines.Read More
The Shadow Pandemic in Latin America: The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender-Based Violence
As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Wilson Center’s “Accessing Justice” Project explores the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted gender-based violence in Latin America, and how governments and organizations are responding to this crisis.Read More
Voices on the Ground Series: Responses to Gender-Based Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Stephanie Perlson and Rose Wilcher, co-chairs of the GBV Task Force of USAID’s Interagency Gender Working Group caught up with Wangechi Wachira, executive director at the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) in Kenya, to learn how they are adapting their programming to address the violence prevention and response needs of women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Voices on the Ground Series: Responses to Gender-Based Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Stephanie Perlson and Rose Wilcher, co-chairs of the GBV Task Force of USAID’s Interagency Gender Working Group caught up with Gary Zeitounalian, gender program technical support with ABAAD Resource Center for Gender Equality in Lebanon, to learn how they are adapting their programming to address the violence prevention and response needs of women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Mobile Tech: An Answer to Gender-Based Violence?
Technology is failing to address the issue of gender-based violence (GBV) and resources like mobile devices, apps, and other computer software can help. This blog post details the efforts of Flone Initiative’s “Report it! Stop it!” app in Kenya, designed for and by Kenyan women, which tracks incidents of GBV on and around public transport.Read More
