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This analysis of the existing national action plans on women, peace and security of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen was undertaken to assess and demonstrate the direct relevance of the plans to each country’s COVID-19 response. While national action plans on women, peace and security are relevant in every crisis, the analysis highlights […]
The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak response on women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in March 2020, mixed methods data produced by the Social Sciences Analytics Cell (CASS) and its partners presents a dynamic where pre-existing disparities between men and women in terms of health, social protection and economic status are being exacerbated by […]
Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
The Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation on women and girls in emergencies is the first humanitarian system-wide evaluation on women and girls, exploring 10 country case studies, with in-depth analysis in four: Bangladesh, Colombia, Iraq and Nigeria. It has found that there has been notable progress, and that technical gender expertise is a critical success factor in […]
COVID-19 and violence against women and children: A third research round up for the 16 days of activism
This year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence comes at a time when there is unprecedented global attention on violence against women and children (VAW/C). The theme of “Fund, Respond, Prevent and Collect!” puts a focus on the need for increased financing to support survivors and prevent future violence, as well as the […]
COVID-19 takes a toll on women. What are governments doing?
Silke Staab, Constanza Tabbush and Laura Turquet explore unique global data – ‘The Gender Tracker’ – compiled by UN Women and UNDP to provide scholars and advocates with a new tool to assess governments’ responses in relation to the mounting needs of women and girls as a result of COVID-19. As soon as the […]
Understanding women’s and girls’ vulnerabilities to the COVID-19 pandemic: A gender analysis and data dashboard of low- and lower-middle income countries
In which low- and lower-middle income countries are women and girls most exposed to or at most risk to suffer the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic? How well are these countries able to address these effects? Informed by these two questions, this report and the corresponding pandemic-related gender vulnerability data dashboard aims to identify […]
Spotlight on Youth and Young Adults in Nairobi, Kenya
In 2019, as part of the Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Agile platform, unmarried adolescents and young adults in Nairobi, Kenya were recruited via respondent-driven sampling for participation in a baseline survey focused on contraceptive use. This existing cohort provided an opportunity to track changes in contraceptive use over time and address key questions on […]
Making the Biden-Harris Transition Plan for COVID-19 gender-responsive
This brief – which is also a sign-on letter that is open to all – outlines how the Biden-Harris Transition Plan in the US can be made more gender-responsive. The Biden-Harris Transition Plan is an important vision for change on COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. It emphasizes the need for systemic change, […]
Gendered Call to Action for the Biden-Harris Transition Team
Making the Biden-Harris Transition Plan for COVID-19 gender-responsive calls upon the Biden-Harris administration to ensure that its transition plan to “build back better” responds to the gendered effects of the pandemic and provides concrete recommendations on how it can be done. Women, people of color, and other historically marginalized groups in America and around the […]
The syndemic of COVID-19 and gender-based violence in humanitarian settings: leveraging lessons from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
As the gendered dimensions of COVID-19 are increasingly recognised, efforts to situate gender-based violence (GBV) within the pandemic remain inadequate. It is critical to first acknowledge that the drivers and impacts of COVID-19 and GBV do not occur in isolation; rather, they present as a syndemic—each is made more destructive by the presence of the […]